GeneGENE RECORD

PPAT

PPAT contributes to Glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase.

Purine nucleotide synthesisHomo sapiens
REFERENCE IDENTIFIER5471NCBI Gene record
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Record type: gene. PPAT contributes to Glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase.
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This gene contributes to PPATIts enzyme and pathway connections are listed below.

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Committed purine nitrogen addition

Glutamine-PRPP amidotransferase commits PRPP to de novo purine synthesis.

Purine nucleotide synthesis · irreversible