PathBank

Pathway Description

Adenine and Adenosine Salvage III

Escherichia coli (strain ATCC 8739 / DSM 1576 / Crooks)

Category:

Metabolite Pathway

Sub-Category:

Metabolic

Created: 2025-02-27

Last Updated: 2025-06-22

Adenosine is first incorporated into the cytosol through either a nupG or a nupC transporter. Once in the cytosol, adenosine is degraded into adenine by reacting with a water and a adenosine nucleosidase, releasing a D-ribofuranose and a adenine. The adenine then reacts with a PRPP through a adenine phosphoribosyltransferase resulting in the release of a pyrophosphate and an AMP . The AMP in turn reacts with a water molecule through a AMP nucleosidase resulting in the release of a D-ribofuranose 5-phosphate and a adenine.

References

Adenine and Adenosine Salvage III References

Westh Hansen SE, Jensen N, Munch-Petersen A: Studies on the sequence and structure of the Escherichia coli K-12 nupG gene, encoding a nucleoside-transport system. Eur J Biochem. 1987 Oct 15;168(2):385-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb13431.x.

Pubmed: 3311747

Blattner FR, Plunkett G 3rd, Bloch CA, Perna NT, Burland V, Riley M, Collado-Vides J, Glasner JD, Rode CK, Mayhew GF, Gregor J, Davis NW, Kirkpatrick HA, Goeden MA, Rose DJ, Mau B, Shao Y: The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12. Science. 1997 Sep 5;277(5331):1453-62. doi: 10.1126/science.277.5331.1453.

Pubmed: 9278503

Hayashi K, Morooka N, Yamamoto Y, Fujita K, Isono K, Choi S, Ohtsubo E, Baba T, Wanner BL, Mori H, Horiuchi T: Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110. Mol Syst Biol. 2006;2:2006.0007. doi: 10.1038/msb4100049. Epub 2006 Feb 21.

Pubmed: 16738553

This pathway was propagated using PathWhiz - Pon, A. et al. Pathways with PathWhiz (2015) Nucleic Acids Res. 43(Web Server issue): W552–W559.

Propagated from SMP0002084

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