Reaction: CTP + ethanolamine phosphate = diphosphate + CDP-ethanolamine
Other name(s): phosphorylethanolamine transferase; ET; CTP-phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase; phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase; ethanolamine phosphate cytidylyltransferase
Systematic name: CTP:ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9026-33-9
References:
1. Kennedy, E.P. and Weiss, S.B. The function of cytidine coenzymes in the biosynthesis of phospholipides. J. Biol. Chem. 222 (1956) 193-214.
2. Sundler, R. Ethanolaminephosphate cytidylyltransferase. Purification and characterization of the enzyme from rat liver. J. Biol. Chem. 250 (1975) 8585-8590. [PMID: 241749]
3. Visedo-Gonzalez, E. and Dixon, H.B.F. 2-Aminoethylarsonic acid as an analogue of ethanolamine phosphate. Endowment of ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase with CTP pyrophosphatase activity. Biochem. J. 260 (1989) 299-301. [PMID: 2549956]