ATase

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A form of amidophosphoribosyltransferase — An enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step in purine synthesis, converting PRPP and glutamine into a precursor used to make purine nucleotides such as adenine and guanine.

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Meanings

nounATase (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountablebiochemistryAbbreviation of amidophosphoribosyltransferase.

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