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Mammalian glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase. Kinetic mechanism and associated de novo purine biosynthetic activities. 1989

C A Caperelli

Division of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio 45267-0004.

Glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase catalyzes the conversion of glycinamide ribonucleotide and 10-formyltetrahydrofolate to formylglycinamide ribonucleotide and tetrahydrofolate. The enzyme purified from the murine lymphoma cell line L5178Y also catalyzes two other de novo purine biosynthetic activities, glycinamide ribonucleotide synthetase and aminoimidazole ribonucleotide synthetase. The transformylase reaction shows a 1:1 stoichiometry for substrate utilization and an optimum rate between pH 7.9 and 8.3. Initial velocity and dead-end inhibition patterns indicate that the kinetic mechanism of the transformylation reaction is ordered-sequential, with 10-formyltetrahydrofolate binding first. alpha, beta-Hydroxyacetamide ribonucleotide (alpha, beta-N-(hydroxyacetyl)-D-ribofuranosylamine) is shown to be an inhibitor of the transformylase, competitive against glycinamide ribonucleotide.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D007940	Leukemia L5178	An experimental lymphocytic leukemia of mice.	Lymphoma L5178,L5178, Leukemia,L5178, Lymphoma
D009097	Multienzyme Complexes	Systems of enzymes which function sequentially by catalyzing consecutive reactions linked by common metabolic intermediates. They may involve simply a transfer of water molecules or hydrogen atoms and may be associated with large supramolecular structures such as MITOCHONDRIA or RIBOSOMES.	Complexes, Multienzyme
D011685	Purine Nucleotides	Purines attached to a RIBOSE and a phosphate that can polymerize to form DNA and RNA.	Nucleotides, Purine
D000217	Acyltransferases	Enzymes from the transferase class that catalyze the transfer of acyl groups from donor to acceptor, forming either esters or amides. (From Enzyme Nomenclature 1992) EC 2.3.	Acyltransferase
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013379	Substrate Specificity	A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts.	Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities
D051026	Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase	An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a formyl group from N10-formyltetrahydrofolate to N1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)glycinamide to yield N2-formyl-N1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)glycinamide and tetrahydrofolate. It plays a role in the de novo purine biosynthetic pathway.	2-Amino-N-Ribosylacetamide 5'-Phosphate Transformylase,5'-Phosphoribosylglycinamide Transformylase,GAR Formyltransferase,GAR Transformylase,GARTFase,Glycinamide Ribonucleotide Transformylase,Glycinamideribotide Transformylase,2 Amino N Ribosylacetamide 5' Phosphate Transformylase,5' Phosphoribosylglycinamide Transformylase,5'-Phosphate Transformylase, 2-Amino-N-Ribosylacetamide,Formyltransferase, GAR,Formyltransferase, Phosphoribosylglycinamide,Ribonucleotide Transformylase, Glycinamide,Transformylase, 2-Amino-N-Ribosylacetamide 5'-Phosphate,Transformylase, 5'-Phosphoribosylglycinamide,Transformylase, GAR,Transformylase, Glycinamide Ribonucleotide,Transformylase, Glycinamideribotide
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D019877	Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of hydroxymethyl or formyl groups. EC 2.1.2.	Formyl Transferase,Formyltransferase,Hydroxymethyl Transferase,Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferase,Hydroxymethyltransferase,Transhydroxymethylase,Formyl Transferases,Formyltransferases,Hydroxymethyl Transferases,Hydroxymethyltransferases,Transformylase,Transformylases,Transhydroxymethylases,Transferase, Formyl,Transferase, Hydroxymethyl,Transferases, Formyl,Transferases, Hydroxymethyl