obsolete quinolinate synthetase complex
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GO:0008987,GO:0008743
OBSOLETE. A heterodimer which acts as a quinolinate synthetase; quinolinate synthetase B (L-aspartate oxidase) catalyzes the oxidation of L-aspartate to L-iminoaspartate; quinolinate synthetase A condenses L-imidoaspartate and dihydroxyacetone to quinolinate. [ https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P10902 ]
Synonyms: quinolinate synthetase complex
Term information
This term was made obsolete because there is no evidence that a physical complex forms; although the phrase "quinolinate synthetase complex" is occasionally used in the literature, it refers to two enzymes that act as monomers.