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Abstract

The arginine-specific carbamoyl-phosphate synthase of yeast was stabilized sufficiently to allow partial purification of the enzyme (30- to 40-fold). The synthase (mol. wt 115000) comprised two unequal subunits: a heavy subunit (mol. wt 80000) capable of catalysing synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate with ammonia as a nitrogen donor and a light subunit conferring upon the holoenzyme the ability to utilize glutamine. The enzyme had unusually high affinity for ATP ( = 0.2 mM) and atypical negative cooperativity for glutamine binding ([S] = 0.25 mM). Glutamine activity was not modulated by possible effectors such as arginine, ornithine or -acetylglutamate. Thus, although the yeast arginine enzyme physically and functionally resembles the single enteric synthase, the systems differ substantially both in kinetic properties and in regulation of activity.

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