Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase
"Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme catalyzing the formation of AMP from adenine and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. It can act as a salvage enzyme for recycling of adenine into nucleic acids. EC 2.4.2.7.
| Descriptor ID |
D000228
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.400.725.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase- Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Phosphoribosyltransferase, Adenine
- APRTase
- Transphosphoribosidase
- AMP Pyrophosphorylase
- Pyrophosphorylase, AMP
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase" by people in Profiles.
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Enhanced gene targeting efficiency by siRNA that silences the expression of the Bloom syndrome gene in human cells. Genes Cells. 2006 Apr; 11(4):363-71.
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Diagnostic evaluation of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase activities in hemolysates. J Lab Clin Med. 1984 Jun; 103(6):932-43.
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Patterns of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate and ribose-5-phosphate concentration and generation in fibroblasts from patients with gout and purine overproduction. J Clin Invest. 1976 Feb; 57(2):308-18.