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Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (UMP synthase domain 1)

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Cofactors used

Clinical / pharmacological. Hereditary orotic aciduria: megaloblastic anaemia unresponsive to B12/folate; treat with uridine

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Pyrimidine De Novo Synthesis (through to UMP, then CTP/dTMP) Nucleotide Metabolism · Cytosol (one mitochondrial step)

step 5 Irreversible

Orotate → orotidine 5′-monophosphate (OMP)

Converts Orotate into Orotidine 5'-monophosphate (OMP)

Notes

Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT), the first activity of bifunctional UMP synthase, catalyzes orotate + PRPP → OMP + PPi. Mg2+ is required, and PPi hydrolysis makes the step effectively irreversible.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

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No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.

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