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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Ligases > Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases > Argininosuccinate Synthase

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Argininosuccinate Synthase  

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  • Argininosuccinate Synthetase
  • Synthetase, Argininosuccinate

Note

  • /defic: consider also CITRULLINEMIA

Scope note

  • An enzyme of the urea cycle that catalyzes the formation of argininosuccinic acid from citrulline and aspartic acid in the presence of ATP. Absence or deficiency of this enzyme causes the metabolic disease CITRULLINEMIA in humans. EC 6.3.4.5.

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