Encodes an adenosine phosphoribosyl transferase(E.C:2.4.2.7), a constitutively expressed enzyme involved in the one-step salvage of adenine to AMP. This isozyme has high affinity for cytokinins and is likely to be localized to the cytosol.
Computational Description
adenine phosphoribosyl transferase 2 (APT2); FUNCTIONS IN: phosphate transmembrane transporter activity, adenine phosphoribosyltransferase activity; INVOLVED IN: adenine salvage; LOCATED IN: cytosol, plasma membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (InterPro:IPR005764), Phosphoribosyltransferase (InterPro:IPR000836); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: adenine phosphoribosyltransferase 5 (TAIR:AT5G11160.1); Has 8411 Blast hits to 8411 proteins in 2474 species: Archae - 199; Bacteria - 5670; Metazoa - 171; Fungi - 181; Plants - 165; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2025 (source: NCBI BLink).
