EC |
2.4.2.20 |
Accepted name: |
dioxotetrahydropyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase |
Reaction: |
a 2,4-dioxotetrahydropyrimidine D-ribonucleotide + diphosphate = a 2,4-dioxotetrahydropyrimidine + 5-phospho-α-D-ribose 1-diphosphate |
Other name(s): |
dioxotetrahydropyrimidine-ribonucleotide pyrophosphorylase; dioxotetrahydropyrimidine phosphoribosyl transferase; dioxotetrahydropyrimidine ribonucleotide pyrophosphorylase; 2,4-dioxotetrahydropyrimidine-nucleotide:diphosphate phospho-α-D-ribosyltransferase |
Systematic name: |
2,4-dioxotetrahydropyrimidine-D-ribonucleotide:diphosphate phospho-α-D-ribosyltransferase |
Comments: |
Acts (in the reverse direction) on uracil and other pyrimidines and pteridines containing a 2,4-diketo structure. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 37277-75-1 |
References: |
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Hatfield, D. and Wyngaarden, J.B. 3-Ribosylpurines. I. Synthesis of (3-ribosyluric acid) 5′-phosphate and (3-ribosylxanthine) 5′-phosphate by a pyrimidine ribonucleotide pyrophosphorylase of beef erythrocytes. J. Biol. Chem. 239 (1964) 2580–2586. [PMID: 14235538] |
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[EC 2.4.2.20 created 1972] |
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