Carbamoyl phosphate formation
The CAD enzyme complex forms cytosolic carbamoyl phosphate from glutamine and bicarbonate.
Pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis · irreversibleBUILD UP YOUR UNDERSTANDING
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CAD is a gene: a stretch of DNA that carries instructions used to make a functional RNA or protein.
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This gene contributes to CADIts enzyme and pathway connections are listed below.
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Aspartate addition and ring closure
CAD adds aspartate and closes the ring to form dihydroorotate.
Pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis · irreversibleUTP and CTP formation
Downstream phosphorylation and CTP synthetase convert UMP through UDP and UTP, then make CTP.
Pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis · irreversible