{"symbol":"PRPS2","synonyms":["PRSII"],"name":"phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase 2","description":"This gene encodes a phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase that plays a central role in the synthesis of purines and pyrimidines. The encoded protein catalyzes the synthesis of 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate from ATP and D-ribose 5-phosphate. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":5634,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/5634","proteins":[{"symbol":"PRPS2_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/PRPS2_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[]}