Phosphoribosylamine

Phosphoribosylamine
Names
Other names
PRA
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
MeSH Phosphoribosylamine
  • InChI=1S/C5H12NO7P/c6-5-4(8)3(7)2(13-5)1-12-14(9,10)11/h2-5,7-8H,1,6H2,(H2,9,10,11)/t2-,3-,4-,5?/m1/s1 checkY
    Key: SKCBPEVYGOQGJN-SOOFDHNKSA-N checkY
  • C([C@@H]1[C@H]([C@H](C(O1)N)O)O)OP(=O)(O)O
Properties
C5H12NO7P
Molar mass 229.125 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Phosphoribosylamine (PRA) is a biochemical intermediate in the formation of purine nucleotides via inosine-5-monophosphate, and hence is a building block for DNA and RNA.[1][2][3] The vitamins thiamine[4] and cobalamin[5] also contain fragments derived from PRA.[6]

Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP)

It is the product of the enzyme amidophosphoribosyltransferase which attaches ammonia from glutamine to phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) at its anomeric carbon:[2]

PRPP + glutamine → PRA + glutamate + PPi

The biosynthesis pathway next combines PRA with glycine in a process driven by ATP giving glycineamide ribonucleotide (GAR). The enzyme phosphoribosylamine—glycine ligase catalyses the reaction forming an amide bond:[7]

PRA + glycine + ATP → GAR + ADP + Pi

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Zhang, Y.; Morar, M.; Ealick, S.E. (2008). "Structural biology of the purine biosynthetic pathway". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 65: 3699–3724. doi:10.1007/s00018-008-8295-8. PMC 2596281. PMID 18712276.
  3. ^ Gupta, Rani; Gupta, Namita (2021). "Nucleotide Biosynthesis and Regulation". Fundamentals of Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism. pp. 525–554. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-0723-3_19. ISBN 978-981-16-0722-6. S2CID 234897784.
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  5. ^ R. Caspi (2019-09-23). "Pathway: 5-hydroxybenzimidazole biosynthesis (anaerobic)". MetaCyc Metabolic Pathway Database. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  6. ^ Mehta, Angad P.; Abdelwahed, Sameh H.; Fenwick, Michael K.; Hazra, Amrita B.; Taga, Michiko E.; Zhang, Yang; Ealick, Steven E.; Begley, Tadhg P. (2015). "Anaerobic 5-Hydroxybenzimidazole Formation from Aminoimidazole Ribotide: An Unanticipated Intersection of Thiamin and Vitamin B12 Biosynthesis". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137 (33): 10444–10447. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b03576. PMC 4753784. PMID 26237670.
  7. ^ Welin, Martin; Grossmann, Jörg Günter; Flodin, Susanne; Nyman, Tomas; Stenmark, Pål; Trésaugues, Lionel; Kotenyova, Tetyana; Johansson, Ida; Nordlund, Pär; Lehtiö, Lari (2010). "Structural studies of tri-functional human GART". Nucleic Acids Research. 38 (20): 7308–7319. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq595. PMC 2978367. PMID 20631005.