Definition of Amidophosphoribosyltransferase

1. Noun. (biochemistry) An enzyme that converts phosphoribosylpyrophosphate into 5-phosphoribosylamine. ¹

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Medical Definition of Amidophosphoribosyltransferase

1. An enzyme, involved in the early steps of purine nucleotide biosynthesis, that catalyses the formation of 5-phosphoribosylamine from glutamine and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. Chemical name: 5-Phosphoribosylamine:pyrophosphate phospho-alpha-D-ribosyltransferase (glutamate-amidating) Registry number: EC 2.4.2.14 (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amidophosphoribosyltransferase

amido
amido black
amido black 10B
amidoamine
amidocuprate
amidocuprates
amidogen
amidogens
amidohydrolase
amidohydrolases
amidol
amidols
amidonaphthol red
amidone
amidones
amidophosphoribosyltransferase (current term)
amidopropionic acid
amidopyrine
amidos
amidoxime
amidoximes
amidoxyl
amidrazone
amidrazones
amids
amidship
amidships
amidst
amie
amies

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