adenylosuccinate
Noun
Meaning
adenylosuccinate (uncountable)
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(biochemistry) Any salt or ester of adenylosuccinic acid; an intermediate in the interconversion of the purine nucleotides IMP (inosine monophosphate) and AMP (adenosine monophosphate).
Examples
First, GTP hydrolysis fuels the addition of aspartate to IMP by adenylosuccinate synthase, substituting the carbonyl oxygen for a nitrogen and forming the intermediate adenylosuccinate.
This step is catalyzed by adenylosuccinate lyase.