The role of gene duplication and paralog specialisation in the evolution of the mammalian PRPS complex
Abstract The phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase (PRPS) enzyme catalyzes a chokepoint reaction in nucleotide production, making it essential for life. Here, we show that the presence of multiple PRPS-encoding genes is a hallmark trait of eukaryotes, and we find that gains or losses of paralogs a...
| Published in: | Nature Communications |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61216-z |