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EC 2.4.2.10 Details
EC number
2.4.2.10
Accepted name
orotate phosphoribosyltransferase
Reaction
orotidine 5′-phosphate + diphosphate = orotate + 5-phospho-α-D-ribose 1-diphosphate
Other name(s)
orotidylic acid phosphorylase,
orotidine-5′-phosphate pyrophosphorylase,
OPRTase,
orotate phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate transferase,
orotic acid phosphoribosyltransferase,
orotidine 5′-monophosphate pyrophosphorylase,
orotidine monophosphate pyrophosphorylase,
orotidine phosphoribosyltransferase,
orotidylate phosphoribosyltransferase,
orotidylate pyrophosphorylase,
orotidylic acid pyrophosphorylase,
orotidylic phosphorylase,
orotidylic pyrophosphorylase
Systematic name
orotidine-5′-phosphate:diphosphate phospho-α-D-ribosyl-transferase
CAS registry number
9030-25-5
Comment
The enzyme from higher eukaryotes also catalyses the reaction listed as EC 4.1.1.23, orotidine-5′-phosphate decarboxylase.
History
created 1961, modified 1986
EC Tree
2.4.2.13 created 1961, deleted 1965