4.3.1.B2 metabolism key metabolic enzyme,which links amino acid and nucleottide biosynthesis. It uses the substrates glutamine and N'-[(5-phosphoribulosyl)formimino]-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-ribonucleotide to catalyze the closure of the imidazole ring within histidine biosynthesis and additionally provides 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribotide for use in the de novo synthesis of purines -, 728807 4.3.1.B2 metabolism the enzyme catalyzes the fifth step in the histidine biosynthetic pathway located at the branch point to de novo purine biosynthesis -, 727791 4.3.1.B2 metabolism the enzyme links histidine and de novo purine biosynthesis -, 748148 4.3.1.B2 physiological function the enzyme represents a junction between histidine biosynthesis and de novo purine biosynthesis 728731