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UMPS dimer decarboxylates OMP to UMP

OMP + H+ → UMP + CO2

Reactome
R-HSA-73564
Compartment
cytosol
Rhea
RHEA:11597

Inputs

Outputs

Catalysed by

  • orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase activity of UMPS dimer [cytosol]EC 4.1.1.23

Literature

  1. Molecular cloning of the human UMP synthase gene and characterization of point mutations in two hereditary orotic aciduria families Am J Hum Genet, 1997
  2. Intrinsic activity and stability of bifunctional human UMP synthase and its two separate catalytic domains, orotate phosphoribosyltransferase and orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase J Biol Chem, 1996
  3. Structures of the human orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase support a covalent mechanism and provide a framework for drug design Structure, 2008
  4. Isolation and initial characterization of the single polypeptide that synthesizes uridine 5'-monophosphate from orotate in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. Purification by tandem affinity chromatography of uridine-5'-monophosphate synthase Biochemistry, 1980