Table 2.

Enzymes involved in B. burgdorferi purine salvage pathway.

Enzyme name	Gene designation	Open reading frame	Reference
Adenine deaminase	adeC	bbk17	Jewett et al. (2007b)
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase	apt	bb0777	Overbeek et al. (2003)
Adenylate kinase	adk	bb0417	Overbeek et al. (2003)
Deoxynucleoside kinase	dgk	bb0239	Overbeek et al. (2003)
Deoxyribosyltransferase	ptd	bb0426	Finn et al. (2006)
GMP synthase	guaA	bbb18	Margolis et al. (1994)
IMP dehydrogenase	guaB	bbb17	Zhou et al. (1997)
Guanine-hypoxanthine permease	pbuG	bbb22–23	Byram et al. (2004)
Nucleoside transport system (ABC)	mglA, mglC1, mglC2	bb0677–79	Overbeek et al. (2003)
Nucleotidase	–	bb0504	Gasteiger et al. (2003)
Nucleoside phosphorylase	–	bb0588, bb0375, bbi06	Overbeek et al. (2003)
Nucleoside diphosphate kinase	ndk	bb0463	Overbeek et al. (2003)
Xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase	gpt	bb0103	Pettersson et al. (2007)