Type: | Family | Name: | CTP synthase |
Description: | CTP synthase is involved in pyrimidine ribonucleotide/ribonucleoside metabolism, catalysing the synthesis of CTP from UTP by amination of the pyrimidine ring at the 4-position []. The enzyme exists as a dimer of identical chains that aggregates as a tetramer. This gene has been found roughly 500 bp upstream of enolase in both beta (Nitrosomonas europaea) and gamma (Escherichia coli) subdivisions of Proteobacterium []. | Short Name: | CTP_synthase |