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A mutation that uncouples allosteric regulation of carbamyl phosphate synthetase in Drosophila.
Journal of molecular biology - 26 Mar 1999
Simmons A J, Rawls J M, Piskur J, Davidson J N
Abstract excerpt
In animals, UTP feedback inhibition of carbamyl phosphate synthetase II (CPSase) controls pyrimidine biosynthesis. Suppressor of black (Su(b) or rSu(b)) mutants of Drosophila melanogaster have elevated pyrimidine pools, and this mutation has been mapped to the rudimentary locus. We report that rSu(b) is a missense mutation resulting in a glutamate to lysine substitution within the second ATP binding site (i.e....
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