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The synthesis of PRPP from ATP and ribose-5-phosphate is catalyzed by phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase as follows.
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Cohen, G.N. (2010). The Biosynthesis of Nucleotides. In: Microbial Biochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9437-7_33
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