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carbamoyl-phosphate synthase complex
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A protein complex that catalyzes the formation of carbamoyl phosphate; comprises a small subunit that binds and cleaves glutamine, and a large subunit that accepts the ammonia group cleaved from glutamine, binds all of the remaining substrates and effectors, and carries out all of the other catalytic events. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8626695 ]
Term info
Label
carbamoyl-phosphate synthase complex
Synonyms
- carbamoyl phosphate synthase complex
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Note that in higher eukaryotes, carbamoyl-phosphate synthase is usually a single polypeptide, not a complex, and should therefore not be annotated to this component term.
has narrow synonym
carbamoyl-phosphate synthase arginine-specific complex, arginine-specific carbamoyl phosphate synthetase complex
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cellular_component
id
GO:0005951