Reversibly catalyzes the transfer of the carbamoyl group from carbamoyl phosphate (CP) to the N(epsilon) atom of ornithine (ORN) to produce L-citrulline, which is a substrate for argininosuccinate synthetase, the enzyme involved in the final step in arginine biosynthesis.
Evolutionary divergence of genes for ornithine and aspartate carbamoyl-transferases -- complete sequence and mode of regulation of the Escherichia coli argF gene; comparison of argF with argI and pyrB.van Vliet F., Cunin R., Jacobs A., Piette J., Gigot D., Lauwereys M., Pierard A., Glansdorff N.Nucleic Acids Res. 12:6277-6289(1984)
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