Aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) and dihydroorotase (DHOase) catalyse the first two steps unique to pyrimidine synthesis. In many bacteria they form non-covalently bonded complexes. There are two types of DHOase, type I and type II which share a common ancestry. Type I is the more ancient form and is present in the complexes. In recently evolved bacteria the DHOase is defective and its function has been replaced by a type II DHOase which is separate from the complex. Deinococcus radiophilus diverges early on the phylogenetic tree and so might be expected to have an active type I DHOase. Purification of the 500 kDa ATCase-DHOase complex, by conventional techniques, showed it to possess an active DHOase.
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