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Physiological and toxic effects of purine intermediate 5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) in yeast.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 2 Sept 2011
Hürlimann Hans C, Laloo Benoît, Simon-Kayser Barbara, Saint-Marc Christelle, Coulpier Fanny, Lemoine Sophie, Daignan-Fornier Bertrand, Pinson Benoît
Abstract excerpt
5-Amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide ribonucleotide 5'-phosphate (AICAR) is a monophosphate metabolic intermediate of the de novo purine synthesis pathway that has highly promising metabolic and antiproliferative properties. Yeast mutants unable to metabolize AICAR are auxotroph for histidine. A screening for suppressors of this phenotype identified recessive and dominant mutants that result in lowering the...
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