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Literature summary for 2.4.2.8 extracted from

  • Mbewe, B.; Chibale, K.; McIntosh, D.B.
    Purification of human malaria parasite hypoxanthine guanine xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGXPRT) using immobilized Reactive Red 120 (2007), Protein Expr. Purif., 52, 153-158.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expression as His-tagged enzyme in Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) Plasmodium falciparum

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
EDTA
-
Plasmodium falciparum
additional information no inhibition by EGTA Plasmodium falciparum

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Mg2+ activates Plasmodium falciparum
additional information no activation by Ca2+ Plasmodium falciparum

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
hypoxanthine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate Plasmodium falciparum the enzyme is involved in the purine salvage pathway IMP + diphosphate
-
?
additional information Plasmodium falciparum the parasite depends on the human host purine salvage pathway enzyme hypoxanthine guanine xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase for survival, because it does not have a de novo pathway for synthesis of nucleotides on its own ?
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Plasmodium falciparum
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-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
native enzyme by anion exchange and cation exchange chromatographies and affinity chromatography on immobilized Reactive Red 120, method development, overview, recombinant His-tagged enzyme from Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) by nickel affinity chromatography Plasmodium falciparum

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
0.0000021 0.0000072 purified native enzyme Plasmodium falciparum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
guanine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate
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Plasmodium falciparum GMP + diphosphate
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?
hypoxanthine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate
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Plasmodium falciparum IMP + diphosphate
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?
hypoxanthine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate the enzyme is involved in the purine salvage pathway Plasmodium falciparum IMP + diphosphate
-
?
additional information the parasite depends on the human host purine salvage pathway enzyme hypoxanthine guanine xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase for survival, because it does not have a de novo pathway for synthesis of nucleotides on its own Plasmodium falciparum ?
-
?
xanthine + 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate the enzyme also performs the reaction of xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase, EC 2.4.2.22 Plasmodium falciparum XMP + diphosphate
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?

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
HGXPRT
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Plasmodium falciparum
hypoxanthine guanine xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
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Plasmodium falciparum
More cf. EC 2.4.2.22 Plasmodium falciparum

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
22
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assay at room temperature Plasmodium falciparum

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8.5
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assay at, substrates hypoxanthine and guanine Plasmodium falciparum