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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = N-succinylornithine carbamoyltransferase
| EC_number = 2.1.3.11
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 2/1/3/11
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'''N-succinylornithine carbamoyltransferase''' ({{EC number|2.1.3.11}}, ''succinylornithine transcarbamylase'', ''N-succinyl-L-ornithine transcarbamylase'', ''SOTCase'') is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''carbamoyl phosphate:N<sup>2</sup>-succinyl-L-ornithine carbamoyltransferase''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Structure and catalytic mechanism of a novel <em>N</em>-succinyl-<small>L</small>-ornithine transcarbamylase in arginine biosynthesis of <em>Bacteroides fragilis</em> |author = Shi, D., Morizono, H., Cabrera-Luque, J., Yu, X., Roth, L., Malamy, M.H., Allewell, N.M. and Tuchman, M. |journal = J. Biol. Chem. |date = 2006 |volume = 281 |pages = 20623-20631 |pmid = 16704984}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = A single mutation in the active site swaps the substrate specificity of <em>N</em>-acetyl-<small>L</small>-ornithine transcarbamylase and <em>N</em>-succinyl-<small>L</small>-ornithine  transcarbamylase |author = Shi, D., Yu, X., Cabrera-Luque, J., Chen, T.Y., Roth, L., Morizono, H., Allewell, N.M. and Tuchman, M. |journal = Protein Sci. |date = 2007 |volume = 16 |pages = 1689-1699 |pmid = 17600144}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: [[carbamoyl phosphate]] + N<sup>2</sup>-succinyl-L-ornithine <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> [[phosphate]] + N-succinyl-L-citrulline

This enzyme is specific for N-succinyl-L-ornithine.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|N-succinylornithine+carbamoyltransferase}}

[[Category:EC 2.1.3]]