Medical Definition of OMP decarboxylase
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An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of OMP to UMP and CO2; a defect or inhibition of this enzyme will result in orotic aciduria and orotidinuria; this enzyme is a part of pyrimidine biosynthesis.
Compare: uridylic acid synthase.
Synonym: OMP decarboxylase.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of OMP Decarboxylase
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