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Abstract
Ade-H and ade-I are two auxotrophic mutants of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells which specifically require adenine as the purine source to grow. The enzymatic defects of these mutants were examined in cell-free extracts. It was found that ade-H did not have any detectable adenylosuccinate synthetase activity and ade-I was defective in the adenylosuccinate lyase enzyme. The relevance of adenine-requiring mutants to the study of the regulation of purine metabolism in mammalian cells is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 849250 DOI: 10.1007/BF00484561
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Genet ISSN: 0006-2928 Impact factor: 1.890