Essential Biochemistry - Nucleic Acid Metabolism (Section 3 - No. 34)

Which enzyme is responsible for converting orotic acid to UMP?
Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase
Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase
Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase II
Aspartate transcarbamoylase

Explanation

Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase catalyzes the formation of UMP from orotic acid.

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