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- noun biochemistry A
nucleoside formed by reaction oforotic acid withribose
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The net result is the formation of a molecule named OMP (orotidine 5′-monophosphate), which in turn is the immediate precursor to UMP (uridine 5′-monophosphate).
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Wise EL, Yew WS, Akana J, Gerlt JA, Rayment I (2005) Evolution of enzymatic activities in the orotidine 5′-monophosphate decarboxylase suprafamily: structural basis for catalytic promiscuity in wild-type and designed mutants of 3-keto-L-gulonate 6-phosphate decarboxylase.
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Wise EL, Yew WS, Akana J, Gerlt JA, Rayment I (2005) Evolution of enzymatic activities in the orotidine 5′-monophosphate decarboxylase suprafamily: structural basis for catalytic promiscuity in wild-type and designed mutants of 3-keto-L-gulonate 6-phosphate decarboxylase.
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