Carbamoylaspartic dehydrase

Very few enzymes have been characterized as lactam-forming dehydrases. One exception is carbamoylaspartic dehydrase (EC 3.5.2.3), which catalyzes the cyclization of V-carbamoylaspartic acid to dihydroorotic acid en route to pyrimidines (this enzyme is also known as dihydroorotate amidohydrolase when it catalyzes the reverse reaction). 

This enzyme [EC 3.5.2.S], also called carbamoylaspartic dehydrase, catalyzes the hydrolysis of (5)-dihydrooro-tate to yield iV-carbamoyl-L-aspartate. 

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