Weijie Zhou, Andrew Tsai, Devon A. Dattmore, Devin P Stives, I. Chitrakar, A. D’alessandro, Shiv Patil, K. Hicks, J. French
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Abstract
Background
Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase (EC 2.7.6.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the ATP-dependent conversion of ribose-5-phosphate to phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate. The reaction product is a key precursor for the biosynthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides.
期刊介绍:
BMC Structural Biology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on investigations into the structure of biological macromolecules, including solving structures, structural and functional analyses, and computational modeling.