Crystal structure of Leishmania tarentolae hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. [PDF]
BMC Struct Biol, 2007 \ud \ud \ud \ud Background\ud \ud Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) (EC 2.4.2.8) is a central enzyme in the purine recycling pathway.
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Red Blood Cells from Individuals with Lesch–Nyhan Syndrome: Multi-Omics Insights into a Novel S162N Mutation Causing Hypoxanthine-Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2023 Lesch–Nyhan syndrome (LN) is an is an X-linked recessive inborn error of metabolism that arises from a deficiency of purine salvage enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT).
Julie A. Reisz +5 more
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Hypoxanthine-Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase/adenylate Kinase From Zobellia galactanivorans: A Bifunctional Catalyst for the Synthesis of Nucleoside-5′-Mono-, Di- and Triphosphates [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 In our search for novel biocatalysts for the synthesis of nucleic acid derivatives, we found a good candidate in a putative dual-domain hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT)/adenylate kinase (AMPK) from Zobellia galactanivorans (ZgHGPRT ...
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Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase 1, a target of miR-125b-5p, promotes cell proliferation and invasion in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The mechanism of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (HPRT1) upregulation and its function in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains obscure.
Li Yuan, Zhiqiang Xiao, Ruohuang Lu
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Examination of Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase as a biomarker for colorectal cancer patients [PDF]
Molecular & Cellular Oncology, 2018 The aim of this study is to investigate these enzymes as possible biomarkers in two colorectal cancer cell lines: HT29, SW480, SW620, and Colo205. With 1,168,929 individuals currently diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the United States, there remains a
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Evaluation of the upregulation and surface expression of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in acute lymphoblastic leukemia and Burkitt’s B cell lymphoma [PDF]
Cancer Cell International, 2020 Background The aim of this study is to determine whether Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) could be used as a biomarker for the diagnosis and treatment of B cell malignancies.
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Restoring Ureagenesis in Hepatocytes by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Genomic Addition to Arginase-deficient Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells [PDF]
Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2016 Urea cycle disorders are incurable enzymopathies that affect nitrogen metabolism and typically lead to hyperammonemia. Arginase deficiency results from a mutation in Arg1, the enzyme regulating the final step of ureagenesis and typically results in ...
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Association between Cigarette Smoking and Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase Activity [PDF]
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2005 The aim of this study was to investigate the association between smoking behavior and hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) activity. A cross-sectional study was performed of 82 men, including 38 non-smokers and 44 smokers.
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Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase and inosine 5’-monophosphate dehydrogenase activities in three mammalian species: aquatic (Mirounga angustirostris), semiaquatic (Lontra longicaudis annectens) and terrestrial (Sus scrofa) [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2015 Aquatic and semiaquatic mammals have the capacity of breath hold (apnea) diving. Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) have the ability to perform deep and long duration dives; during a routine dive, adults can hold their breath for 25 min ...
Myrna eBarjau Perez-Milicua +3 more
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The housekeeping gene hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) regulates multiple developmental and metabolic pathways of murine embryonic stem cell neuronal differentiation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The mechanisms by which mutations of the purinergic housekeeping gene hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) cause the severe neurodevelopmental Lesch Nyhan Disease (LND) are poorly understood.
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