Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase

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Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) is an enzyme encoded in humans by the HPRT1 gene.[1][2]

HGPRT is a

5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) to the purine. HGPRT plays a central role in the generation of purine nucleotides through the purine salvage pathway
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Function

hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
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HGPRT catalyzes the following reactions:

Substrate Product Notes
hypoxanthine
inosine monophosphate
guanine guanosine monophosphate Often called HGPRT. Performs this function only in some species.
xanthine xanthosine monophosphate Only certain HPRTs.

HGPRTase functions primarily to salvage purines from degraded DNA to reintroduce into purine synthetic pathways. In this role, it catalyzes the reaction between

inosine monophosphate
.

Substrates and inhibitors

Comparative homology modelling of this enzyme in

acyclovir and analogs of acyclovir had higher binding affinities than the real substrate (guanosine monophosphate).[3]
The
in-vitro correlation of these compounds were test in Leishmania HGPRT and validates the result.[4]

Role in disease

Mutations in the gene lead to hyperuricemia. At least 67 disease-causing mutations in this gene have been discovered:[5]

  • Some men have partial (up to 20% less activity of the enzyme) HGPRT deficiency that causes high levels of
    Kelley–Seegmiller syndrome.[6]
  • Lesch–Nyhan syndrome is due to deficiency of HGPRT caused by HPRT1 mutation.[7]
  • Some mutations have been linked to gout, the risk of which is increased in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency.
  • HPRT expression on the mRNA and protein level is induced by hypoxia inducible factor 1 (
    myocardial ischemia.[8]

Creation of hybridomas

salvage pathway
, due to lack of HPRT1. The plasma cells in the culture eventually die from senescence, leaving pure hybridoma cells.

References

  1. ^ "Entrez Gene: hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (Lesch-Nyhan syndrome)".
  2. PMID 12175903
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