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Anthranilate synthase can generate sufficient phosphoribosyl amine for thiamine synthesis in Salmonella enterica.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2003
Ramos I, Downs Diana M
Abstract excerpt
In bacteria, the biosynthetic pathway for the hydroxymethyl pyrimidine moiety of thiamine shares metabolic intermediates with purine biosynthesis. The two pathways branch after the compound aminoimidazole ribotide. Past work has shown that the first common metabolite, phosphoribosyl amine (PRA), can be generated in the absence of the first enzyme in purine biosynthesis, PurF. PurF-independent PRA synthesis is...
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