Bifunctional 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate synthetase 1 is an

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that in humans is encoded by the ''PAPSS1''

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. Three-prime-phosphoadenosine 5-prime-phosphosulfate ( PAPS) is the

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donor cosubstrate for all

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(SULT) enzymes (Xu et al., 2000). SULTs catalyze the sulfate conjugation of many endogenous and exogenous compounds, including drugs and other

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. In humans, PAPS is synthesized from adenosine 5-prime triphosphate (ATP) and inorganic sulfate by 2 isoforms, PAPSS1 and PAPSS2 (MIM 603005). upplied by OMIMref name="entrez">

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