InterPro domain: IPR004769

General Information

  • Identifier IPR004769
  • Description Adenylosuccinate lyase
  • Number of genes 128
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0004018   GO:0009152  

Abstract

This family consists of adenylosuccinate lyase, the enzyme that catalyzes step 8 in the purine biosynthesis pathway for de novo synthesis of IMP, and also the final reaction in the two-step sequence from IMP to AMP [ 1 ].


1. Escherichia coli purB gene: cloning, nucleotide sequence, and regulation by purR. J. Bacteriol. 174, 130-6

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