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Adenylosuccinate Lyase MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Adenylosuccinate Lyase
Tree Number(s)
D08.811.520.232.300.200
Unique ID
D000264
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000264
Scope Note
An enzyme that, in the course of purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis, catalyzes the conversion of 5'-phosphoribosyl-4-(N-succinocarboxamide)-5-aminoimidazole to 5'-phosphoribosyl-4-carboxamide-5-aminoimidazole and the conversion of adenylosuccinic acid to AMP. EC 4.3.2.2.
Entry Term(s)
Adenylosuccinase
Registry Numbers
EC 4.3.2.2
Related Numbers
9027-81-0
CAS Type 1 Name
N(6)-(1,2-Dicarboxyethyl)AMP AMP-lyase
Previous Indexing
Adenosine Monophosphate (1971-1978)
Lyases (1966-1978)
Succinates (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under LYASES 1979-90
History Note
91(79); was see under LYASES 1979-90
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1978/05/16
Revision Date
2003/07/09
Adenylosuccinate Lyase Preferred
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