InterPro domain: IPR022412

General Information

  • Identifier IPR022412
  • Description Quinolinate phosphoribosyl transferase, N-terminal
  • Number of genes 123
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0016763  

Abstract

Quinolinate phosphoribosyl transferase (QPRTase) or nicotinate-nucleotide pyrophosphorylase 2.4.2.19 is involved in the de novo synthesis of NAD in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It catalyses the reaction of quinolinic acid with 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) in the presence of Mg 2+ to give rise to nicotinic acid mononucleotide (NaMN), pyrophosphate and carbon dioxide [ 1 , 2 ]. Unlike IPR004393 , this domain also includes the molybdenum transport system protein ModD.


1. A new function for a common fold: the crystal structure of quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase. Structure 5, 47-58
2. The sequencing expression, purification, and steady-state kinetic analysis of quinolinate phosphoribosyl transferase from Escherichia coli. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 325, 270-8

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