Glutamate N-acetyltransferase () is an enzyme characterised from Chlamydomonas reinhardti that is involved in the biosynthesis of arginine by catalyzing the chemical reaction
The two substrates of this enzyme are N-acetylornithine and glutamic acid. The acetyl group is transferred and the products are ornithine and N-acetylglutamic acid.
This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those acyltransferases transferring groups other than aminoacyl groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is N2-acetyl-L-ornithine:L-glutamate N-acetyltransferase.
Structural studies As of late 2007, 4 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes , , , and .
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