Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables ribose phosphate diphosphokinase activity. Involved in 5-phosphoribose 1-diphosphate biosynthetic process and pentose-phosphate shunt. Is active in cytosol. Is expressed in central nervous system; heart; inner ear; liver; and retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Arts syndrome; X-linked deafness 1; X-linked recessive disease (multiple); gout; and retinitis pigmentosa. Orthologous to human PRPS1 (phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase 1).
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