Chemicals and Drugs

Amidophosphoribosyltransferase

An enzyme, involved in the early steps of purine nucleotide biosynthesis, that catalyzes the formation of 5-phosphoribosylamine from glutamine and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. EC 2.4.2.14.

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An enzyme, involved in the early steps of purine nucleotide biosynthesis, that catalyzes the formation of 5-phosphoribosylamine from glutamine and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. EC 2.4.2.14.

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  • Glutamine Phosphoribosyl Pyrophosphate Amidotransferase
  • Glutamine-Amidophosphoribosyltransferase
  • Phosphoribosyl Pyrophosphate Amidotransferase
  • Phosphoribosyldiphosphate 5-Amidotransferase
  • 5-Amidotransferase, Phosphoribosyldiphosphate
  • Amidotransferase, Phosphoribosyl Pyrophosphate
  • Glutamine Amidophosphoribosyltransferase
  • Phosphoribosyldiphosphate 5 Amidotransferase
  • Pyrophosphate Amidotransferase, Phosphoribosyl

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

91(75); was see under PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES 1975-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Glutamine (1974)
  • Pentosephosphates (1974)
  • Pentosyltransferases (1974)
  • Pyrophosphoric Acids (1974)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Amidophosphoribosyltransferase. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000582. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000582
  2. Amidophosphoribosyltransferase. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24723899