CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE

'Carbamoyl phosphate' is an anion of biochemical significance. It is involved In ridding the body of excess nitrogen In the urea cycle, and also in the synthesis of pyrimidines.
It is produced from carbon dioxide, ammonia, and phosphate, the latter derived from ATP. The synthesis is catalysed by the enzyme carbamoyl phosphate synthase, as follows:

★ HCO₃^- + ATP --> ADP + HO-C(O)-OPO₃^-2 (carbonyl phosphate)

★ HO-C(O)-OPO₃^-2 + NH₃ + OH^- → HPO₄^2- + ^-O-C(O)NH₂ + H₂O

★ ^-O-C(O)NH₂ + ATP → ADP + H₂NC(O)OPO₃^2-

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★ Ornithine transcarbamylase