5′-Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine
Names
IUPAC name
[(2R ,3S ,4R ,5R )-5-[(1-Amino-2-formamidoethylidene)amino]-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl]methyl dihydrogen phosphate
Other names
FGAM
Identifiers
ChemSpider
UNII
InChI=1S/C8H16N3O8P/c9-5(1-10-3-12)11-8-7(14)6(13)4(19-8)2-18-20(15,16)17/h3-4,6-8,13-14H,1-2H2,(H2,9,11)(H,10,12)(H2,15,16,17)/t4-,6-,7-,8-/m1/s1
Y Key: PMCOGCVKOAOZQM-XVFCMESISA-N
Y
C([C@@H]1[C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](O1)NC(=N)CNC=O)O)O)OP(=O)(O)O
Properties
C8 H16 N3 O8 P
Molar mass
313.20 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Chemical compound
5′-Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine (or FGAM ) is a biochemical intermediate in the formation of purine nucleotides via inosine -5-monophosphate, and hence is a building block for DNA and RNA .[ 1] [ 2] The vitamins thiamine [ 3] [ 4] and cobalamin [ 5] also contain fragments derived from FGAM.[ 6]
The compound is biosynthesized from phosphoribosyl-N-formylglycineamide (FGAR) which is converted to an amidine by the action of phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase (EC 6.3.5.3 ), transferring an amino group from glutamine in a reaction that also requires ATP :
FGAR + ATP + glutamine + H2 O → FGAM + ADP + glutamate + Pi
The biosynthesis pathway next converts FGAM to 5-aminoimidazole ribotide (AIR) by the action of AIR synthetase (EC 6.3.3.1 ) which uses ATP to activate the terminal carbonyl group to attack by the nitrogen atom at the anomeric center:
FGAM + ATP → AIR + ADP + Pi + H+
See also
References
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^ Gupta, Rani; Gupta, Namita (2021). "Nucleotide Biosynthesis and Regulation". Fundamentals of Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism . pp. 525– 554. doi :10.1007/978-981-16-0723-3_19 . ISBN 978-981-16-0722-6 . S2CID 234897784 .
^ R. Caspi (2011-09-14). "Pathway: superpathway of thiamine diphosphate biosynthesis I" . MetaCyc Metabolic Pathway Database. Retrieved 2022-02-01 .
^ Chatterjee, Abhishek; Hazra, Amrita B.; Abdelwahed, Sameh; Hilmey, David G.; Begley, Tadhg P. (2010). "A "Radical Dance" in Thiamin Biosynthesis: Mechanistic Analysis of the Bacterial Hydroxymethylpyrimidine Phosphate Synthase" . Angewandte Chemie International Edition . 49 (46): 8653– 8656. doi :10.1002/anie.201003419 . PMC 3147014 . PMID 20886485 .
^ R. Caspi (2019-09-23). "Pathway: 5-hydroxybenzimidazole biosynthesis (anaerobic)" . MetaCyc Metabolic Pathway Database. Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ Mehta, Angad P.; Abdelwahed, Sameh H.; Fenwick, Michael K.; Hazra, Amrita B.; Taga, Michiko E.; Zhang, Yang; Ealick, Steven E.; Begley, Tadhg P. (2015). "Anaerobic 5-Hydroxybenzimidazole Formation from Aminoimidazole Ribotide: An Unanticipated Intersection of Thiamin and Vitamin B12 Biosynthesis" . Journal of the American Chemical Society . 137 (33): 10444– 10447. doi :10.1021/jacs.5b03576 . PMC 4753784 . PMID 26237670 .