URA5 [YML106W]
Major orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRTase) isozyme; catalyzes the fifth enzymatic step in de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidines, converting orotate into orotidine-5'-phosphate; URA5 has a paralog, URA10, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the purine/pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase family. PyrE subfamily.
Synonyms: URA5, URA5p, P13298, P13298p, PYR5 ...