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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SUBMITTER: sophie lemoine
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-29019 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of biological chemistry 20110712 35
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 intracellular AICAR concentration. The recessive mutants affect the adenosine kinase, which is ...[more]