Reaction: 1-(5-phospho-β-D-ribosyl)-ATP + diphosphate = ATP + 5-phospho-α-D-ribose 1-diphosphate
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Other name(s): phosphoribosyl-ATP pyrophosphorylase; adenosine triphosphate phosphoribosyltransferase; phosphoribosyladenosine triphosphate:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase; phosphoribosyl ATP synthetase; phosphoribosyl ATP:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase; phosphoribosyl-ATP:pyrophosphate-phosphoribosyl phosphotransferase; phosphoribosyladenosine triphosphate pyrophosphorylase; phosphoribosyladenosine triphosphate synthetase; 1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)-ATP:diphosphate phospho-α-D-ribosyl-transferase
Systematic name: 1-(5-phospho-β-D-ribosyl)-ATP:diphosphate phospho-α-D-ribosyl-transferase
Comments: Involved in histidine biosynthesis.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9031-46-3
References:
1. Ames, B.N., Martin, R.G. and Garry, B.J. The first step of histidine biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 236 (1961) 2019-2026.
2. Martin, R.G. The phosphorolysis of nucleosides by rabbit bone marrow: The nature of feedback inhibition by histidine. J. Biol. Chem. 238 (1963) 257-268.
3. Voll, M.J., Appella, E. and Martin, R.G. Purification and composition studies of phosphoribosyladenosine triphosphate:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase, the first enzyme of histidine biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 242 (1967) 1760-1767. [PMID: 5337591]