Dihydroorotase

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carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 2, aspartate transcarbamylase, and dihydroorotase
Identifiers
Symbol	CAD
Entrez	790
HUGO	1424
OMIM	114010
RefSeq	NM_004341
UniProt	P27708
Other data
EC number	2.1.3.2
Locus	Chr. 2 p22-p21

Dihydroorotase is an enzyme which converts Carbamoyl aspartic acid into 4,5-Dihydroorotic acid.

[edit] See also

• Pyrimidine biosynthesis

[edit] External links

• MeSH Dihydroorotase
• EC 3.5.2.3

v • d • e Metabolism: amino acid metabolism - nucleotide enzymes Purine metabolism Anabolism R5P->IMP: Ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase - Amidophosphoribosyltransferase - Phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase - AIR synthetase (FGAM cyclase) - Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase - Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase - IMP synthase IMP->AMP: Adenylosuccinate synthase - Adenylosuccinate lyase - reverse (AMP deaminase) IMP->GMP: IMP dehydrogenase - GMP synthase - reverse (GMP reductase) Nucleotide salvage Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase - Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase Catabolism Adenosine deaminase - Purine nucleoside phosphorylase - Guanine deaminase - Xanthine oxidase - Urate oxidase Pyrimidine metabolism Anabolism CAD (Carbamoyl phosphate synthase II, Aspartate carbamoyltransferase, Dihydroorotase) Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase - Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase/Uridine monophosphate synthetase CTP synthase Catabolism Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase - Dihydropyrimidinase/DPYS - Beta-ureidopropionase/UPB1 Deoxyribonucleotides Ribonucleotide reductase - Nucleoside-diphosphate kinase - DCMP deaminase - Thymidylate synthase - Dihydrofolate reductase see also disorders, intermediates

v • d • e Enzymes: multienzyme complexes CAD (Carbamoyl phosphate synthase II, Aspartate carbamoyltransferase, Dihydroorotase) - Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme - Cytochrome b6f complex - Electron transport chain - Fatty acid synthetase complex - Glycine decarboxylase complex - Mitochondrial trifunctional protein (HADHA, HADHB) - Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase - Phosphoenolpyruvate sugar phosphotransferase system - Photosynthetic reaction center complex proteins - Photosystem - Polyketide synthase - Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (E1, E2, E3) - Sucrase-isomaltase complex -Tryptophan synthase