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Qprt - quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase Gene

Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID: 293504 | Gene type: protein coding

About Qprt

Summary

Enables nicotinate-nucleotide diphosphorylase (carboxylating) activity. Involved in NAD biosynthetic process and quinolinate metabolic process. Located in cytoplasm. Used to study Huntington's disease. Orthologous to human QPRT (quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Qprt Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_001009646.1 NP_001009646.1 nicotinate-nucleotide pyrophosphorylase [carboxylating]
Gene Ontology
  • Molecular Function
  • Biological Process
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
enables nicotinate-nucleotide diphosphorylase (carboxylating) activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
8694849 RGD
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
involved in NAD biosynthetic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
8694849 RGD
involved in quinolinate metabolic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
8694849 RGD
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

nicotinate-nucleotide pyrophosphorylase [carboxylating]

QAPRTase

QPRTase

nicotinate-nucleotide pyrophosphorylase

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Qprt NCBI NCBI:23475