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Nucleotide metabolism occurs in all living organisms. The most prominent biomolecule, in terms of the number of reactions that it participates in, is the nucleotide, ATP. Although nucleotide metabolism is universal, it does differ to some extent in different organisms, e.g., the enzymes of purine nucleotide biosynthesis are separate enzymes in Escherichia coli, whereas some of these same enzymes are part of dual-functional proteins in humans.
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Fromm, H.J., Hargrove, M.S. (2012). Nucleotide Metabolism. In: Essentials of Biochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19624-9_14
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