Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
"Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate and hypoxanthine, guanine, or MERCAPTOPURINE to the corresponding 5'-mononucleotides and pyrophosphate. The enzyme is important in purine biosynthesis as well as central nervous system functions. Complete lack of enzyme activity is associated with the LESCH-NYHAN SYNDROME, while partial deficiency results in overproduction of uric acid. EC 2.4.2.8.
| Descriptor ID |
D007041
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.400.725.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase- Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Phosphoribosyltransferase, Hypoxanthine
- IMP Pyrophosphorylase
- Pyrophosphorylase, IMP
- HGPRT
- HPRT
- HPRTase
- Hypoxanthine-Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Phosphoribosyltransferase, Hypoxanthine-Guanine
- Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Phosphoribosyltransferase, Guanine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase" by people in Profiles.
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Survival and tumorigenesis in O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase-deficient mice following cyclophosphamide exposure. Mutagenesis. 2008 Sep; 23(5):341-6.
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Genetic and physiological characterization of the purine salvage pathway in the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. J Bacteriol. 1990 Jun; 172(6):3328-34.