A CYANOBACTERIAL GENE ENCODING A PROTEIN WITH EXTENSIVE HOMOLOGY TO MAMMALIAN PHOSPHORIBOSYLPYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE

作者：NAGAYA M; AIBA H; MIZUNO T

来源：Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 1993, 57(11): 1958-1959.

Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate (PRibPP) is the primary precursor in the biosynthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides. The synthesis of PRibPP is catalysed by a ubiquitous PRibPP synthetase in many organisms. We provide evidence that a cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp., has a gene encoding a protein with striking homology to mammalian PRibPP synthetases.

• 出版日期1993-11