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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Chem Biol. 2008 Aug 15;3(8):499–511. doi: 10.1021/cb800066p

Table 1.

Complete list of enzymes for de novo enzymatic synthesis of ATP and GTP. The amounts of each enzyme used for synthesis of compounds 1–4 in Figure 4 is provided as either Units of enzyme or mg of enzyme.

Enzyme Gene EC Source 1 2 3 4
Hexokinase hxk1/2 2.7.1.1 BY 5.6 U 5.6 U --- ---
Glucokinase glk 2.7.1.2 RE --- --- 2.4 U 2.4 U
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase zwf1 1.1.1.49 BY 6.2 U 6.35 U --- ---
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase zwf 1.1.1.49 RE --- --- 2.6 U 2.6 U
Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase gndA 1.1.1.44 RE 6.8 U 6.85 U 2.9 U 2.9 U
Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase rpiA 5.3.1.6 RE 7.5 U 7.5 U 3.2 U 3.2 U
Ribose-phosphate diphosphate kinase prsA 2.7.6.1 RE 8.2 U 8.2 U 3.5 U 3.5 U

Amidophosphoribosyl-transferase purF 2.4.2.14 RE 10.5 mg 15.2 mg 4.0 mg 4.0 mg
Phosphoribosylamine-glycine ligase purD 6.3.4.13 RE 14.4 mg 12.5 mg 4.3 mg 4.3 mg
Phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase purN 2.1.2.2 RE 4.6 mg 7.5 mg 4.7 mg 4.7 mg
Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase purL 6.3.5.3 RE 25.6 mg 25.2 mg 5.4 mg 5.4 mg
Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine cyclo-ligase purM 6.3.3.1 RE 11.7 mg 7.8 mg 5.7 mg 5.7 mg
Phosphoribosylamino-imidazole carboxylase (catalytic subunit) purE 4.1.1.21 RE 18.7 mg 35.4 mg 6.5 mg 6.5 mg
Phosphoribosylamino-imidazole carboxylase (ATPase subunit) purK 4.1.1.21 RE 6.0 mg 8.5 mg 6.2 mg 6.2 mg
Phosphoribosylamino-imidazole-succinocarboxamide synthase purC 6.3.2.6 RE 3.4 mg 6.9 mg 7.0 mg 7.0 mg
Adenylosuccinate lyase purB 4.3.2.2 RE 56 U 28 U 10 U 10 U
Phosphoribosylamino-imidazole-carboxamide formyltransferase purH 2.1.2.3 RE 14 mg 31 mg 18 mg 18 mg
Inosine-monophosphate cyclohydrolase purH 3.5.4.10 RE
Adenylosuccinate synthase purA 6.3.4.4 RE 10 U --- --- ---
Inosine-monophosphate dehydrogenase guaB 1.1.1.205 RE --- 25.4 U 15 U 15 U
Guanosine-monophosphate synthase guaA 6.3.5.2 RE --- 25.8 U 16.5 U 16.5 U

Adenylate kinase ak5 2.7.4.3 CM 200 U --- --- ---
Adenylate kinase plsA 2.7.4.3 RE --- 47 U 9 U 9 U
Creatine phosphokinase ckmT 2.7.3.2 RM 250 U 118 U --- ---
Creatine phosphokinase ckmT 2.7.3.2 RE --- --- 125 U 125 U
Guanylate kinase spoR 2.7.4.8 RE 1 U 55 U 18 U 18 U
Glycine hydroxymethyltransferase glyA 2.1.2.1 RE 22.5 mg 25 mg 20.2 mg 20.2 mg
Methylene-tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase folD 1.5.1.5 RE 10.5 mg 23.4 mg 20.2 mg 20.2 mg
Methenyl-tetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase folD 3.5.4.9 RE
Aspartate ammonia-lyase aspA 4.3.1.1 RE 92 U 32 U 20 U 20 U
Glutamate dehydrogenase glud1 1.4.1.3 BL 94 U 141 U --- ---
Glutamate dehydrogenase gdhA 1.4.1.4 RE --- --- 39 U 39 U
Glutamine synthase glnA 6.3.1.2 RE --- --- 38 U ---
Inorganic diphosphatase ppa 3.6.1.1 RE 23.4 U 24 U 26 U 26 U

Source Key: RE = Recombinant from E. coli, BY = Baker’s yeast, CM = Chicken muscle, RM = Rabbit muscle, BL = Bovine liver