5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl 5'-monophosphate (AICAR), a highly conserved purine intermediate with multiple effects

Metabolites

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 292-302

  Daignan Fornier, Bertrand ^a   Pinson, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

AICAR; AMPK; metabolism; ATIC; Purine; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ADENOSINE KINASE; ADENOSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMINOIMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE; PURINE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANEUPLOIDY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOPHORE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PURINE METABOLISM; PURINE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; YEAST;

EID: 84870178298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22181989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/metabo2020292     Document Type: Review

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