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The stringent factor-catalyzed, ribosome-dependent synthesis of guanosine polyphosphates is found to be reversible. The reverse reaction specifically requires 5'-AMP as the pyrophosphoryl acceptor, and guanosine 5'-triphosphate-3'-diphosphate is preferentially utilized as the pyrophosphoryl donor. The primary products of the reaction are GTP and ATP. The reverse reaction is strongly inhibited by the antibiotics thiostrepton and tetracycline, and by ATP and beta-gamma-methylene-adenosine-triphosphate, but not by ADP, GTP, and GDP. The reverse reaction occurs under conditions for nonribosomal synthesis. The overall reaction for stringent factor-catalyzed guanosine polyphosphate formation may thus be formulated: (p)pp5'G + ppp5'A right harpoon over left harpoon (p)pp5'G3'pp + p5'A.Entities:
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Year: 1974 PMID: 4372621 PMCID: PMC433795 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.71.9.3470
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205