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6.3.2.6: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase

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Word Map on EC 6.3.2.6

Reaction

ATP
+
5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate
+
L-aspartate
=
ADP
+
phosphate
+
(S)-2-[5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxamido]succinate

Synonyms

4-(N-succino)-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide synthetase, 4-(N-succinylcarboxamide)-5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide synthetase, 5-Aminoimidazole-4-N-succinocarboxamide ribonucleotide synthetase, ade5, AIRc-SAICARs, ATPase, BaPurC, CCM_04437, MjSS, More, N-(5-Amino-1-ribosyl-4-imidazolylcarbonyl)-L-aspartic acid 5´-phosphate synthetase, PAICS, PH0239, PH0239 protein, phosphoribosylaminoimidazole succinocarboxamide synthetase, phosphoribosylaminoimidazole-succinocarboxamide synthase, phosphoribosylaminoimidazole-succinocarboxamide synthetase, Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthetase, PhSS, PurC, PurC gene product, PurCE, SAICAR synthase, SAICAR synthetase, spPurC, Succino-AICAR synthetase, Synthetase, phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide, VEG286A, Vegetative protein 286A

ECTree

     6 Ligases
         6.3 Forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
             6.3.2 Acid—amino-acid ligases (peptide synthases)
                6.3.2.6 phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase

Application

Application on EC 6.3.2.6 - phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase

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APPLICATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
drug development
medicine
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phosphoribosylaminoimidazole succinocarboxamide synthetase (PAICS) is an important bifunctional enzyme in de novo purine biosynthesis in vertebrate with both 5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide carboxylase (AIRc) and 4-(N-succinylcarboxamide)-5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide synthetase (SAICARs) activities. It is an attractive target for rational anticancer drug design, since rapidly dividing cancer cells rely heavily on the purine de novo pathway for synthesis of adenine and guanine, whereas normal cells favor the salvage pathway