Reaction: succinyl-CoA + L-arginine = CoA + N2-succinyl-L-arginine
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Other name(s): arginine succinyltransferase; AstA; arginine and ornithine N2-succinyltransferase; AOST; AST (ambiguous); succinyl-CoA:L-arginine 2-N-succinyltransferase
Systematic name: succinyl-CoA:L-arginine N2-succinyltransferase
Comments: Also acts on L-ornithine. This is the first enzyme in the arginine succinyltransferase (AST) pathway for the catabolism of arginine [1]. This pathway converts the carbon skeleton of arginine into glutamate, with the concomitant production of ammonia and conversion of succinyl-CoA into succinate and CoA. The five enzymes involved in this pathway are EC 2.3.1.109 (arginine N-succinyltransferase), EC 3.5.3.23 (N-succinylarginine dihydrolase), EC 2.6.1.81 (succinylornithine transaminase), EC 1.2.1.71 (succinylglutamate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase) and EC 3.5.1.96 (succinylglutamate desuccinylase) [2,6].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 99676-48-9
References:
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6. Cunin, R., Glansdorff, N., Pierard, A. and Stalon, V. Biosynthesis and metabolism of arginine in bacteria. Microbiol. Rev. 50 (1986) 314-352. [PMID: 3534538]