| EC |
2.3.1.1 |
| Accepted name: |
amino-acid N-acetyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
acetyl-CoA + L-glutamate = CoA + N-acetyl-L-glutamate |
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For diagram of ornithine biosynthesis, click here |
| Other name(s): |
N-acetylglutamate synthase; AGAS; acetylglutamate acetylglutamate synthetase; acetylglutamic synthetase; amino acid acetyltransferase; N-acetyl-L-glutamate synthetase; N-acetylglutamate synthetase |
| Systematic name: |
acetyl-CoA:L-glutamate N-acetyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Also acts with L-aspartate and, more slowly, with some other amino acids. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-88-3 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Maas, W.K., Novelli, G.D. and Lipmann, F. Acetylation of glutamic acid by extracts of Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 39 (1953) 1004–1008. [DOI] [PMID: 16589365] |
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| [EC 2.3.1.1 created 1961] |
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