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Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide (SAICAR) is an intermediate in the formation of purines. The conversion of ATP, L-aspartate, and 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxyribonucleotide (CAIR) to 5-aminoimidazole-4-(N-succinylcarboxamide) ribonucleotide, ADP, and phosphate by phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthetase (SAICAR synthetase) represents the eighth step of de novo purine nucleotide biosynthesis.[1]
References
- ^ Scott W. Nelson; Daniel J. Binkowski; Richard B. Honzatko; Herbert J. Fromm (2005). "Mechanism of Action of Escherichia coli Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide Synthetase". Biochemistry. 44 (2): 766–774. doi:10.1021/bi048191w. PMID 15641804. S2CID 41673787.
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