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PRPS1 mutations: four distinct syndromes and potential treatment.
American journal of human genetics - 9 Apr 2010
de Brouwer Arjan P M, van Bokhoven Hans, Nabuurs Sander B, Arts Willem Frans, Christodoulou John, Duley John
Abstract excerpt
Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetases (PRSs) catalyze the first step of nucleotide synthesis. Nucleotides are central to cell function, being the building blocks of nucleic acids and serving as cofactors in cellular signaling and metabolism. With this in mind, it is remarkable that mutations in phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase 1 (PRPS1), which is the most ubiquitously expressed gene of the three PRS...
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