Acetolactate Synthase
"Acetolactate Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A flavoprotein enzyme that catalyzes the formation of acetolactate from 2 moles of PYRUVATE in the biosynthesis of VALINE and the formation of acetohydroxybutyrate from pyruvate and alpha-ketobutyrate in the biosynthesis of ISOLEUCINE. This enzyme was formerly listed as EC 4.1.3.18.
| Descriptor ID |
D000095
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.200.324 D12.776.331.049
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| Concept/Terms |
Acetolactate Synthase- Acetolactate Synthase
- Synthase, Acetolactate
- Acetohydroxy Acid Synthetase
- Acid Synthetase, Acetohydroxy
- Synthetase, Acetohydroxy Acid
- Acetolactate Synthetase
- Synthetase, Acetolactate
- Acetohydroxy Acid Synthase
- Acid Synthase, Acetohydroxy
- Synthase, Acetohydroxy Acid
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