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Introduction
Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) is a key enzyme in purine salvage pathways. This enzyme salvages guanine directly and adenine indirectly from catabolism. It catalyzes the reversible transfer of the phosphoribosyl group from a-D-5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) to hypoxanthine or guanine forming either IMP or GMP, respectively. This reaction is dependent on a divalent magnesium cation. HGPRT is deficient in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a sever neurological disorder characterized by high levels of blood uric acid and uncontrollable self mutilation. A partial deficiency of the enzyme leads to gouty arthritis [1]
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Section 1.1
jjhjh RCSB Protein Data Bank [1]
Section 1.2
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shi W, Li CM, Tyler PC, Furneaux RH, Grubmeyer C, Schramm VL, Almo SC. The 2.0 A structure of human hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in complex with a transition-state analog inhibitor. Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Jun;6(6):588-93. PMID:10360366 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/9376

