Salvage synthesis of purine nucleotides by Helicobacter pylori
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Bacteriology
- Vol. 77 (6), 674-681
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1994.tb02818.x
Abstract
The incorporation of purine nucleotide precursors into Helicobacter pylori and the activities of enzymes involved in nucleotide salvage biosynthetic pathways were investigated by radioactive tracer analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The organism took up the nucleobases adenine, guanine and hypoxanthine, and the nucleosides adenosine, guanosine and deoxyadenosine. Any incorporation of deoxyguanosine by the cells was below the detection limits of the methods employed. The activities of adenine-, guanine- and hypoxanthine-phosphoribosyl transferases were established. The bacterium showed high levels of adenosine and guanosine nucleosidase activities and lesser activity for deoxyadenosine; no hydrolysis of deoxyguanosine was detected. Phosphorylase activities were not observed with any of the nucleosides. Phosphotransferase activities with similar rates were demonstrated for adenosine, guanosine and deoxyadenosine; and a weaker activity was detected for deoxyguanosine. No nucleoside kinase activities were observed with any of the nucleosides. The presence of adenylate kinase was established, but no guanylate kinase activity was observed. The study provided evidence for the presence in H. pylori of salvage pathways for the biosynthesis of purine nucleotides.Keywords
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