Reaction: CTP + phosphocholine = diphosphate + CDP-choline
Other name(s): phosphorylcholine transferase; CDP-choline pyrophosphorylase; CDP-choline synthetase; choline phosphate cytidylyltransferase; CTP-phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase; CTP:phosphorylcholine cytidylyltransferase; cytidine diphosphocholine pyrophosphorylase; phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase; phosphorylcholine cytidylyltransferase; phosphorylcholine:CTP cytidylyltransferase; CTP:choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
Systematic name: CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9026-34-0
References:
1. Borkenhagen, L.F. and Kennedy, E.P. The enzymatic synthesis of cytidine diphosphate choline. J. Biol. Chem. 227 (1957) 951-962.
2. Kennedy, E.P. and Weiss, S.B. The function of cytidine coenzymes in the biosynthesis of phospholipides. J. Biol. Chem. 222 (1956) 193-214.
3. Williams-Ashman, H.G. and Banks, J. Participation of cytidine coenzymes in the metabolism of choline by seminal vesicles. J. Biol. Chem. 223 (1956) 509-521.