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adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT)

Function: - catalyzes a salvage reaction resulting in the formation of AMP (salvage is energically less costly than de novo synthesis) - purine metabolism; AMP biosynthesis via salvage pathway - AMP from adenine: step 1/1 AMP + diphosphate adenine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate Structure: - homodimer - belongs to the purine/pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase family Compartment: cytoplasm Pathology: - defects in APRT are the cause of APRT deficiency Laboratory: - adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in amniotic fluid cells - adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in chorionic villus - adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in erythrocytes - adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in serum/plasma - adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in trophoblasts

Specific

cleavage & polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF) complex

General

phosphoribosyltransferase

Properties

MOTIF: active site

Database Correlations

OMIM 102600 MORBIDMAP 102600 UniProt P07741 Pfam PF00156 Entrez Gene 353 Kegg hsa:353 ENZYME 2.4.2.7

References

  1. UniProt :accession P07741
  2. OMIM :accession 102600
  3. Wikipedia: adenine phosphoribosyltransferase entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adenine_phosphoribosyltransferase