ExplorEnz: EC 4.1.1.21

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4.1.1.21

Accepted name:

phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase

Reaction:

5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate = 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole + CO₂

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Other name(s):

5-phosphoribosyl-5-aminoimidazole carboxylase; 5-amino-1-ribosylimidazole 5-phosphate carboxylase; AIR carboxylase; 1-(5-phosphoribosyl)-5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxylate carboxy-lyase; ADE2; class II PurE; 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate carboxy-lyase

Systematic name:

5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate carboxy-lyase [5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-forming]

Comments:

While this is the reaction that occurs in vertebrates during purine biosynthesis, two enzymes are required to carry out the same reaction in Escherichia coli, namely EC 6.3.4.18, 5-(carboxyamino)imidazole ribonucleotide synthase and EC 5.4.99.18, 5-(carboxyamino)imidazole ribonucleotide mutase [3]. 5-Carboxyamino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole is not a substrate.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9032-04-6

References:

1.	Lukens, L.N. and Buchanan, J.M. Biosynthesis of purines. XXIV. The enzymatic synthesis of 5-amino-1-ribosyl-4-imidazolecarboxylic acid 5′-phosphate from 5-amino-1-ribosylimidazole 5′-phosphate and carbon dioxide. J. Biol. Chem. 234 (1959) 1799–1805. [PMID: 13672967]
2.	Firestine, S.M., Poon, S.W., Mueller, E.J., Stubbe, J. and Davisson, V.J. Reactions catalyzed by 5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide carboxylases from Escherichia coli and Gallus gallus: a case for divergent catalytic mechanisms. Biochemistry 33 (1994) 11927–11934. [PMID: 7918411]
3.	Firestine, S.M., Misialek, S., Toffaletti, D.L., Klem, T.J., Perfect, J.R. and Davisson, V.J. Biochemical role of the Cryptococcus neoformans ADE2 protein in fungal de novo purine biosynthesis. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 351 (1998) 123–134. [DOI] [PMID: 9500840]

[EC 4.1.1.21 created 1961, modified 2000, modified 2006]