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Mutations in the tryptophan operon allow PurF-independent thiamine synthesis by altering flux in vivo.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2008
Ramos Itzel, Vivas E I, Downs D M
Abstract excerpt
Phosphoribosyl amine (PRA) is an intermediate in purine biosynthesis and also required for thiamine biosynthesis in Salmonella enterica. PRA is normally synthesized by phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase, a high-turnover enzyme of the purine biosynthetic pathway encoded by purF. However, PurF-independent PRA synthesis has been observed in strains having different genetic backgrounds and growing under...
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