| orotate | A salt or ester of orotic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| orotate phosphoribosyltransferase | <enzyme> The enzyme catalyzing the formation of orotidine-5'-phosphoric acid (orotidylic acid) from orotic acid and 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate in the course of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis. Chemical name: Orotidine-5'-phosphate:pyrophosphate phospho-alpha-D-ribosyltransferase Registry number: EC 2.4.2.10 (12 Dec 1998) |
| dihydro-orotate | <biochemistry> An intermediate in the biosynthesis of pyrimidines. Chemical name: L-5,6-dihydroorotate (21 Jun 2000) |
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