2-Isopropylmalate Synthase
"2-Isopropylmalate Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the first step in the biosynthetic pathway to LEUCINE, forming isopropyl malate from acetyl-CoA and alpha-ketoisovaleric acid. This enzyme was formerly listed as EC 4.1.3.12.
| Descriptor ID |
D015079
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.050.614
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| Concept/Terms |
2-Isopropylmalate Synthase- 2-Isopropylmalate Synthase
- 2 Isopropylmalate Synthase
- Synthase, 2-Isopropylmalate
- alpha-Isopropylmalate Synthase
- Synthase, alpha-Isopropylmalate
- alpha Isopropylmalate Synthase
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