Reaction: N2-acetyl-L-ornithine + L-glutamate = L-ornithine + N-acetyl-L-glutamate
Other name(s): ornithine transacetylase; α-N-acetyl-L-ornithine:L-glutamate N-acetyltransferase; acetylglutamate synthetase; acetylglutamate-acetylornithine transacetylase; acetylglutamic synthetase; acetylglutamic-acetylornithine transacetylase; acetylornithine glutamate acetyltransferase; glutamate acetyltransferase; N-acetyl-L-glutamate synthetase; N-acetylglutamate synthase; N-acetylglutamate synthetase; ornithine acetyltransferase; 2-N-acetyl-L-ornithine:L-glutamate N-acetyltransferase; acetylornithinase (ambiguous)
Systematic name: N2-acetyl-L-ornithine:L-glutamate N-acetyltransferase
Comments: Also has some hydrolytic activity on acetyl-L-ornithine, but the rate is 1% of that of transferase activity.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37257-14-0
References:
1. Staub, M. and Dénes, G. Mechanism of arginine biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardti. I. Purification and properties of ornithine acetyltransferase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 128 (1966) 82-91. [PMID: 5972370]