Kind

Protein

Organism

Escherichia coli (strain K12)

Pharmacological action

unknown

General Function:

Phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase activity

Specific Function:

Catalyzes the transfer of a formyl group from 10-formyltetrahydrofolate to 5-phospho-ribosyl-glycinamide (GAR), producing 5-phospho-ribosyl-N-formylglycinamide (FGAR) and tetrahydrofolate.

Gene Name:

purN

Uniprot ID:

P08179

Molecular Weight:

23238.065 Da

References

1. Overington JP, Al-Lazikani B, Hopkins AL: How many drug targets are there? Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 Dec;5(12):993-6. [PubMed:17139284 ]
2. Imming P, Sinning C, Meyer A: Drugs, their targets and the nature and number of drug targets. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 Oct;5(10):821-34. [PubMed:17016423 ]