"Dihydroorotase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that, in the course of pyrimidine biosynthesis, catalyzes ring closure by removal of water from N-carbamoylaspartate to yield dihydro-orotic acid. EC 3.5.2.3.
| Descriptor ID |
D004080
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.087.280
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| Concept/Terms |
Dihydroorotase- Dihydroorotase
- Dihydro-Orotase
- Dihydro Orotase
- Dihydro-Orotate Amidohydrolase
- Amidohydrolase, Dihydro-Orotate
- Dihydro Orotate Amidohydrolase
- Carbamoylaspartic Dehydrase
- Dehydrase, Carbamoylaspartic
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Dihydropyrimidine amidohydrolases and dihydroorotases share the same origin and several enzymatic properties. Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Mar 15; 31(6):1683-92.