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Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase
Tree Number(s)
D08.811.913.400.725.800
Unique ID
D011683
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011683
Scope Note
An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction between a purine nucleoside and orthophosphate to form a free purine plus ribose-5-phosphate. EC 2.4.2.1.
Entry Term(s)
Inosine Phosphorylase
Nicotinamide Riboside Phosphorylase
Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylases
Related Numbers
9030-21-1
CAS Type 1 Name
Purine-nucleoside:orthophosphate ribosyltransferase
Previous Indexing
Pentosyltransferases (1973-1974)
Phosphates (1973-1974)
Purine Nucleosides (1973-1974)
Public MeSH Note
92; was PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASES 1975-91 (see under PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES 1975-90)
Online Note
use PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE to search PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASES 1975-91
History Note
92; was PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASES 1975-91 (see under PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES 1975-90)
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1974/11/19
Revision Date
2003/07/09
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