Asparagine synthetase

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asparagine synthetase
Identifiers
Symbol ASNS
Entrez 440
HUGO 753
OMIM 108370
RefSeq NM_001673
UniProt P08243
Other data
EC number 6.3.5.4
Locus Chr. 7 q21-q31

Asparagine synthetase (or aspartate-ammonia ligase) is an enzyme that generates asparagine from aspartate. This amidation reaction is similar to that promoted by glutamine synthetase.

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Enzymes: CO CS and CN ligases (EC 6.1-6.3)
6.1: Carbon-Oxygen
6.2: Carbon-Sulfur
6.3: Carbon-Nitrogen
Ligases: carbon-carbon ligases (EC 6.4)
Biotin dependent carboxylase
Other
Enzymes: Phosphoric ester and nitrogen-metal ligases (EC 6.5-6.6)
6.5: Phosphoric Ester
6.6: Nitrogen-Metal
K→acetyl-CoA
(see below)
G
Other
→succinyl-CoA→TCA

M: MET

mt, k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, a/u, n, m

k, cgrp/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, au, n, m, epon

m (A16/C10), i (k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/o/e, a/u, n, m)
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