| CG | cardiography; cardiogreen; choking gas; choriogenic gynecomastia; chorionic gonadotropin; chromogran... |
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| DHBG | dihydroxybutyl guanine |
| GC | ganglion cell; gas chromatography; general circulation; general closure; general condition; generali... |
| GMPR | guanine monophosphate reductase |
| GN | gaze nystagmus; glomerulonephritis; glucose nitrogen [ratio]; gnotobiote; graduate nurse; gram-negat... |
| hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl tranferase marker | The gene which codes for the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase. It is a selectable marker because cells which have a defective version of this gene are resistant to poisoning by toxic purine derivatives which result from the metabolic pathway that the HGPRT enzyme catalyses. (The purine derivatives are toxic because they incorporate into DNA as a result of the HGPRT enzyme's actions). Because the defective gene cannot produce the enzyme, no toxic purine derivatives are produced, the gene can therefore be selected for. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate and hypoxanthine, guanine, or 6-mercaptopurine to the corresponding 5'-mononucleotides and pyrophosphate. The enzyme is important in purine biosynthesis as well as central nervous system functions. Complete lack of enzyme activity is associated with the lesch-nyhan syndrome, while partial deficiency results in overproduction of uric acid. Chemical name: IMP:pyrophosphate phospho-D-ribosyltransferase Registry number: EC 2.4.2.8 (12 Dec 1998) |
| hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase | <enzyme> An enzyme which plays an important role in the making of ATP and GTP from guanine -- the only way guanine, adenine, or other purine molecules are able to become part of nucleic acids. Biologists study gene action via the incorporation of modified nitrogenous bases into DNA by manipulating the metabolic role which this enzyme plays. Similarly, the enzyme thymidine kinase is used for the same purpose by biologists because it fills the same important and unique role for the pyrimidines (thymine, cytosine, uracil, etc.). Acronym: HGPRT (09 Oct 1997) |
| hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency | A sex-linked inherited metabolic disorder; complete deficiency results in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome; incomplete deficiency is associated with acute gouty arthritis and renal stones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase | <enzyme> From tritrichomonas foetus; in contrast to EC 2.4.2.8, this enzyme also uses xanthine as substrate; mw 24 kD Registry number: EC 2.4.2.- Synonym: hgxprtase (26 Jun 1999) |