Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (glutamine-hydrolysing) (EC 6.3.5.5) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reactions that produce carbamoyl phosphate in the cytosol (as opposed to type I, which functions in the mitochondria). Its systemic name is hydrogen-carbonate:L-glutamine amido-ligase (ADP-forming, carbamate-phosphorylating).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1, aspartate transcarbamylase, and dihydroorotase
Identifiers
SymbolCAD
NCBI gene790
HGNC1424
OMIM114010
RefSeqNM_004341
UniProtP27708
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LocusChr. 2 p21
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In pyrimidine biosynthesis, it serves as the rate-limiting enzyme and catalyzes the following reaction:

2 ATP + L-glutamine + HCO3 + H2O 2 ADP + phosphate + L-glutamate + carbamoyl phosphate (overall reaction)
(1a) L-glutamine + H2O L-glutamate + NH3
(1b) 2 ATP + HCO3 + NH3 2 ADP + phosphate + carbamoyl phosphate

It is activated by ATP and PRPP[9] and it is inhibited by UTP (Uridine triphosphate)[10] Neither CPSI nor CPSII require biotin as a coenzyme, as seen with most carboxylation reactions.

It is one of the four functional enzymatic domains coded by the CAD gene.[11] It is classified under EC 6.3.5.5.

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