Enzyme

2.7.6.1 - Ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase

Alternative Name(s)
  • Phosphoribosyl diphosphate synthetase.
  • Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase.
  • Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase.

Catalytic Activity

ATP + D-ribose 5-phosphate = 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate + AMP + H(+)

Cofactors

There are no Cofactors for this Enzyme

Reaction Mechanism

There are no Reaction Mechanism for this Enzyme

Reaction Parameters

  • Kinetic Parameters
    Organism KM Value [mM] Substrate Comment
    Thermus thermophilus 14 ATP pH 8.0, 75°C
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis 26 ATP in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, at 25°C
    Mycolicibacterium smegmatis 1315 D-ribose 5-phosphate pH 7.5, 25°C
    Pyrobaculum calidifontis 5183 D-ribose 5-phosphate pH 10.5, 55°C, recombinant enzyme
  • Temperature
    Organism Temperature Range Comment
    Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 72 - 95 70% of maximal activity at 72°C and 95°C
  • pH
    Organism pH Range Comment
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis 4.5 - 9.5 the enzyme shows activity across a broad range of pH levels (4.5-9.5) and is only found to be inactive at high pH 10.5
    Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium 6 - 9.5 very low activity below and above
    Homo sapiens 6.5 - 9.3 At pH 6.5, about 25% and 50% of maximum activity for isoenzymes PRSI and PRSII, respectively. At pH 9.3, about 40% and 60% of maximum activity for isoenzymes PRSII and PRSI, respectively
    [Bacillus] caldolyticus 6.5 - 9.5 pH 6.5: about 25% of maximal activity, pH 9.5: about 80% of maximal activity
    Bacillus subtilis 7 - 9.5 at pH 7 and pH 9.5, about 35% and 85% of the maximal activity, respectively

Associated Proteins

Protein name Organism
Putative ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase 1 Enterococcus faecalis (strain ATCC 700802 / V583)
Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase 2, chloroplastic Mouse-ear cress
Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase 3, mitochondrial Spinach
Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase 2 Baker's yeast
Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase 1, chloroplastic Mouse-ear cress

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