Xanthosine monophosphate also called Xanthylate is an intermediate in
purine metabolism.
It is a
ribonucleoside monophosphate
In biochemistry, a ribonucleotide is a nucleotide containing ribose as its pentose component. It is considered a molecular precursor of nucleic acids. Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of DNA and RNA. Ribonucleotides themselves are basic ...
. It is formed from
IMP via the action of
IMP dehydrogenase, and it forms
GMP via the action of
GMP synthase. Also, XMP can be released from
XTP by enzyme deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase containing (d)XTPase activity.
It is abbreviated XMP.
See also
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Xanthosine
References
Further reading
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Nucleotides
Xanthines
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