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Enteric bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium possess three separate genes that control three different phosphoribosyltransferases (PRI). A-PRT (apt gene) is active only for adenine; G-PRT (gpt gene) converts guanine, hypoxanthine and xanthine; and H-PRT (hpt gene) is primarily active for hypoxanthine, poorly for guanine and not at all for xanthine.
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Gots, J.S., Benson, C.E. (1974). Genetic Control of Bacterial Purine Phosphoribosyltransferases and an Approach to Gene Enrichment. In: Sperling, O., De Vries, A., Wyngaarden, J.B. (eds) Purine Metabolism in Man. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 41A. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3294-7_5
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