EC 2 - Transferases
EC 2.7 - Transferring phosphorus-containing groups
EC 2.7.3 - Phosphotransferases with a nitrogenous group as acceptor
EC 2.7.3.8 - Ammonia kinase
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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 2.7.3.8
Names
Accepted name:
ammonia kinase
Other
names:
phosphoramidate-ADP-phosphotransferase
phosphoramidate-adenosine diphosphate phosphotransferase
phosphoramidate-adenosine diphosphate phosphotransferase
Systematic name:
ATP:ammonia phosphotransferase
Reaction
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11024 [IUBMB]+ATPName origin: UniProt - CHECKED (C)Formula: C10H12N5O13P3
Charge: -4ChEBI compound status: CHECKED (C)NH4+Name origin: UniProt - CHECKED (C)Formula: H4N
Charge: 1ChEBI compound status: CHECKED (C)=+ADPName origin: UniProt - CHECKED (C)Formula: C10H12N5O10P2
Charge: -3ChEBI compound status: CHECKED (C)2+H+Name origin: UniProt - CHECKED (C)Formula: H
Charge: 1ChEBI compound status: CHECKED (C)
Comments:
Has a wide specificity. In the reverse direction, N-phosphoglycine and N-phosphohistidine can also act as phosphate donors, and ADP, dADP, GDP, CDP, dTDP, dCDP, IDP and UDP can act as phosphate acceptors (in decreasing order of activity).
Links to other databases
Gene Ontology:
GO:0047666
CAS Registry Number:
37278-16-3
References
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Yeast phosphoramidate-adenosine diphosphate phosphotransferase.J. Biol. Chem. 243: 1434-1440 (1968). [PMID: 5647264]
[EC 2.7.3.8 created 1972]
