Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate

Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate
Identifiers
CAS number 7540-64-9
PubChem 7339
ChemSpider 7062 Y
DrugBank DB01632
MeSH Phosphoribosyl+pyrophosphate
ChEBI CHEBI:17111 Y
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Properties
Molecular formula C5H13O14P3
Molar mass 390.07 g/mol
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) is a pentosephosphate.

It is formed from ribose 5-phosphate by the enzyme ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase.

It plays a role in transferring phospho-ribose groups in several reactions:

Enzyme Reactant Product
adenine phosphoribosyltransferase adenine AMP
hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase guanine GMP
hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase hypoxanthine IMP
orotate phosphoribosyltransferase orotate OMP
uracil phosphoribosyltransferase uracil UMP

In de novo generation of purines, the enzyme amidophosphoribosyltransferase acts upon PRPP to create phosphoribosylamine.

See also