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Comparative Study
. 1983 Apr;21(3-4):213-26.
doi: 10.1007/BF00499134.

Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in human erythroid cells: properties of the isozymes

G G Johnson, S A Nash
Comparative Study

Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in human erythroid cells: properties of the isozymes

G G Johnson et al. Biochem Genet. 1983 Apr.

Abstract

We have previously given evidence that the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT; EC 2.4.2.8) isozymes in human erythroid cells result from posttranslational modifications of a single gene product [Johnson, G. G., et al. (1982). Biochemistry 21: 960]. In the present work we compare the properties of the unmodified and two major modified isozymes, which collectively account for 90% of the HGPRT enzyme activity in cell lysates. The modified isozymes differ from the parent molecule in the pH dependence of activity and in the relative utilization of the two purine base substrates, hypoxanthine and guanine. In contrast to the changes in the catalytic properties of the enzyme, the modifications have no detectable effects on the heat stability or on the equilibrium between enzyme dimers and enzyme tetramers.

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