title: Uracil metabolism--UMP synthesis from orotic acid or uridine and conversion of uracil to beta-alanine: enzymes and cDNAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Traut
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D009962:Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D009963:Orotic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D009964:Orotidine-5'-Phosphate Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D014498:Uracil / Q000378:metabolism*; D014529:Uridine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014541:Uridine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D014542:Uridine Monophosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015091:beta-Alanine / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D015091:beta-Alanine; D014498:Uracil; D009963:Orotic Acid; C027157:uridine 5'-monophosphate synthase; D014542:Uridine Monophosphate; D009962:Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase; D014541:Uridine Kinase; D009964:Orotidine-5'-Phosphate Decarboxylase; D010453:Peptide Synthases; D014529:Uridine