ATIC (bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein; AICAR transformylase / IMP cyclohydrolase, also known as PURH) is a cytosolic homodimeric enzyme that catalyzes the final two steps of de novo purine (IMP) biosynthesis. Its AICAR transformylase activity (EC 2.1.2.3) transfers a formyl group from 10-formyltetrahydrofolate to 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR), producing 5-formamido-AICAR (FAICAR); its IMP cyclohydrolase activity (EC 3.5.4.10) then cyclizes FAICAR to inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP) plus water. The two catalytic activities reside on a single polypeptide in all species studied, with the IMP cyclohydrolase activity in the N-terminal MGS-like region (approximately residues 1-198) and the AICAR transformylase activity in the C-terminal region (approximately residues 199-592); the transformylase active site is formed at the dimer interface. The cyclohydrolase step is essentially irreversible and drives the otherwise unfavorable overall conversion of AICAR to IMP toward completion. Because the transformylase step is folate-dependent, ATIC is a pharmacological target of antifolates: the AICAR-transformylase activity is inhibited by methotrexate polyglutamates and pemetrexed and by nonclassical antifolates developed for tumor suppression, and elevated AICAR (as with the AMPK-activating AICA-riboside) reflects this node in folate/purine metabolism. Biallelic loss-of-function variants in ATIC cause AICA-ribosiduria, an extremely rare autosomal-recessive inborn error of purine biosynthesis characterized by profound intellectual disability, epilepsy, dysmorphic features and congenital blindness, with massive urinary excretion and tissue accumulation of AICA-riboside/AICA-ribotide.
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GO:0004643
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: AICAR transformylase (phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase, EC 2.1.2.3) activity is a core, phylogenetically conserved molecular function of ATIC, catalyzing the penultimate step of de novo IMP biosynthesis. This IBA is well supported by direct experimental characterization of the human enzyme.
Reason: Core molecular function of the C-terminal domain, confirmed by kinetic and structural studies of the human protein. The IBA sensibly transfers the family-conserved activity to human ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9378707
With the cloned cDNA fragment, we constructed expression vectors for mature and GST-fused AICAR transformylase. Both recombinant molecules possessing AICAR transformylase activity were overproduced in Escherichia coli.
PMID:8567683
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal 223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: ATIC is a cytosolic enzyme of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway; cytosolic localization is conserved across the PurH family and is where the enzyme carries out its catalytic activities.
Reason: Cytosol is the established subcellular location of ATIC (UniProt Cytoplasm, cytosol), consistent with its role in the soluble purine biosynthesis pathway. The is_active_in qualifier is appropriate because the enzyme performs its function in the cytosol.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0003937
IMP cyclohydrolase activity
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IMP cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.10) activity is a core, conserved molecular function of ATIC, catalyzing the final step of de novo IMP biosynthesis (cyclization of FAICAR to IMP). Directly confirmed for the human enzyme by kinetics and mutagenesis.
Reason: Core molecular function residing in the N-terminal domain; the IBA correctly propagates this family-conserved activity to human ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14756554
The bifunctional enzyme aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase (ATIC) is responsible for catalysis of the last two steps in the de novo purine pathway.
PMID:8567683
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal 223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
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GO:0006189
'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: ATIC catalyzes the last two steps of the de novo IMP biosynthesis pathway, so involvement in de novo IMP biosynthesis is a core biological process for this gene.
Reason: Directly supported process; ATIC is the terminal bifunctional enzyme of the de novo purine (IMP) pathway. The IBA is at the correct level of specificity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
is a bifunctional protein possessing two enzymatic activities that sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
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GO:0003937
IMP cyclohydrolase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic assertion (ARBA/RHEA/EC mapping) of IMP cyclohydrolase activity. This is the same core catalytic function established experimentally for human ATIC.
Reason: The IEA (EC 3.5.4.10 / RHEA:18445) correctly maps to ATIC's experimentally confirmed IMP cyclohydrolase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14756554
transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase (ATIC) is responsible for catalysis of the last two steps in the de novo purine pathway
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GO:0004643
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic assertion (RHEA:22192 / EC 2.1.2.3) of AICAR transformylase activity, matching the experimentally confirmed core function of ATIC.
Reason: The IEA correctly maps EC 2.1.2.3 to ATIC's experimentally confirmed AICAR transformylase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10985775
It is proposed that the conformation of the carboxamide moiety required for binding to AICAR Tfase is different than the conformation required for binding to IMP CHase
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic assertion of cytosol localization from UniProt Subcellular Location mapping (SL-0091). Consistent with the established cytosolic localization of ATIC.
Reason: Matches the curated UniProt subcellular location (Cytoplasm, cytosol) and the IBA cytosol annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0006164
purine nucleotide biosynthetic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: InterPro2GO mapping (IPR002695, PurH-like) to the general process of purine nucleotide biosynthesis. Correct but less specific than the de novo IMP biosynthetic process annotation.
Reason: Biologically correct; ATIC functions in purine nucleotide biosynthesis. This is a broader parent of the more specific de novo IMP biosynthetic process annotation, and acceptable as an IEA that is deliberately conservative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
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GO:0003360
brainstem development
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Electronic transfer of a rat/mouse ortholog annotation (Ensembl Compara) asserting involvement in brainstem development. There is no direct evidence that ATIC has a dedicated developmental role in the brainstem; any neurodevelopmental phenotype is a downstream consequence of impaired purine supply (AICA-ribosiduria), not a distinct molecular process ATIC participates in.
Reason: This is an over-propagated ortholog-transfer IEA. ATIC's neurological involvement is indirect, via its housekeeping purine-biosynthesis function; a specific brainstem developmental process annotation over-interprets an electronic ortholog transfer and is not a core function.
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GO:0006177
GMP biosynthetic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic assertion that ATIC is involved in GMP biosynthesis. ATIC produces IMP, the common precursor from which GMP (and AMP) are subsequently derived; ATIC itself does not catalyze any GMP-specific step.
Reason: ATIC acts upstream of GMP biosynthesis by generating the shared IMP precursor, so an acts-upstream-of style relationship is defensible, but GMP biosynthesis is not a core function of ATIC (its core outputs are the two enzymatic steps that make IMP). Keep as non-core rather than remove.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
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GO:0006189
'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic assertion (ARBA / UniPathway UPA00074) of involvement in de novo IMP biosynthesis, matching the core biological process of ATIC.
Reason: Correct core process, redundant with the IBA/IDA de novo IMP biosynthesis annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
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GO:0021549
cerebellum development
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting cerebellum development. As with brainstem development, there is no evidence for a dedicated ATIC role in cerebellar development beyond its general housekeeping purine-biosynthesis function.
Reason: Over-propagated developmental IEA; neurodevelopmental effects of ATIC deficiency are indirect consequences of purine insufficiency, not a distinct cerebellum-development function.
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GO:0021987
cerebral cortex development
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting cerebral cortex development. No direct evidence for a specific cortical developmental role of ATIC distinct from its metabolic housekeeping function.
Reason: Over-propagated developmental IEA; not a core function of ATIC.
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GO:0031100
animal organ regeneration
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting involvement in organ regeneration, likely reflecting increased purine demand in regenerating rodent tissue rather than a specific regenerative function of ATIC.
Reason: Over-propagated IEA; any association with regeneration is an indirect consequence of proliferation-driven purine demand, not a dedicated molecular role of ATIC.
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GO:0044208
'de novo' AMP biosynthetic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic assertion of involvement in de novo AMP biosynthesis. ATIC produces IMP, from which AMP is subsequently synthesized; ATIC does not catalyze an AMP-specific step.
Reason: ATIC acts upstream of AMP biosynthesis via the shared IMP precursor. Defensible as an upstream involvement but not a core function; keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
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GO:0046452
dihydrofolate metabolic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting dihydrofolate metabolic process. ATIC's transformylase reaction consumes 10-formyltetrahydrofolate (and can use 10-formyldihydrofolate) and releases tetrahydrofolate (or dihydrofolate), so it participates in folate one-carbon metabolism, but it is not a canonical enzyme of dihydrofolate metabolism.
Reason: ATIC consumes a formyl-folate cofactor rather than performing dedicated dihydrofolate metabolism; the term over-interprets the cofactor usage. Its folate link is that its AICAR-transformylase step depends on 10-formyl-THF, making it an antifolate target, not a dihydrofolate-metabolizing enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
Can use both 10-formyldihydrofolate
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GO:0046654
tetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis. ATIC releases tetrahydrofolate as a product of the transformylase reaction (from 10-formyl-THF) but does not synthesize the tetrahydrofolate scaffold; this is not a biosynthetic role for THF.
Reason: Regenerating THF from a formyl-THF donor during formyl transfer is not tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis. Over-propagated cofactor-based IEA.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
and 10-formyltetrahydrofolate as the formyl donor in this reaction
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GO:0097294
'de novo' XMP biosynthetic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic assertion of involvement in de novo XMP biosynthesis. XMP is derived from IMP (via IMP dehydrogenase) downstream of ATIC; ATIC does not catalyze an XMP-specific step.
Reason: ATIC acts upstream of XMP biosynthesis through the shared IMP precursor. Not a core function; keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
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GO:0003937
IMP cyclohydrolase activity
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EXP
PMID:11948179 The kinetic mechanism of the human bifunctional enzyme ATIC ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct kinetic characterization of the human bifunctional enzyme established the IMP cyclohydrolase activity (cyclization of FAICAR to IMP), which is essentially unidirectional and draws the overall reaction toward IMP.
Reason: Experimental (EXP) evidence directly demonstrating the core IMP cyclohydrolase function of human ATIC via complete kinetic analysis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
the cyclohydrolase reaction is essentially unidirectional in the forward sense. The cyclohydrolase reaction thus draws the overall bifunctional reaction toward the production of inosine monophosphate.
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GO:0003937
IMP cyclohydrolase activity
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EXP
PMID:14756554 Catalytic mechanism of the cyclohydrolase activity of human ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Site-directed mutagenesis and steady-state kinetics of the human enzyme dissected the catalytic mechanism of the IMP cyclohydrolase activity, directly confirming this core function.
Reason: Experimental evidence directly characterizing ATIC's IMP cyclohydrolase catalytic mechanism in the human enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14756554
four candidate residues, Lys66, Tyr104, Asp125, and Lys137, were identified for site-directed mutagenesis to study the cyclohydrolase activity of this bifunctional enzyme
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GO:0004643
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
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EXP
PMID:10985775 Human AICAR transformylase: role of the 4-carboxamide of AIC... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Mechanistic study of human AICAR transformylase using AICAR analogues, establishing the specificity and catalytic role of the 4-carboxamide and directly confirming AICAR transformylase (formyltransferase) activity.
Reason: Experimental evidence directly characterizing the human AICAR transformylase catalytic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10985775
The results show that the 4-carboxamide of AICAR is essential for catalysis, and it is proposed to assist in mediating proton transfer
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GO:0004643
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
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EXP
PMID:11948179 The kinetic mechanism of the human bifunctional enzyme ATIC ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: The complete kinetic mechanism study of human ATIC directly measured the AICAR transformylase reaction (forward/reverse rates, rate-limiting THF release), confirming formyltransferase activity.
Reason: Experimental evidence directly demonstrating human ATIC AICAR transformylase activity within the bifunctional enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11948179
The rate-limiting step in the overall reaction (2.9 +/- 0.4 s(-1)) is likely the release of tetrahydrofolate from the formyltransferase active site
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GO:0004643
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
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EXP
PMID:9378707 Characterization of molecularly cloned human 5-aminoimidazol... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Molecular cloning and expression of human AICAR transformylase with mutagenesis identifying His213 and His267 as essential for activity, directly confirming the formyltransferase function.
Reason: Experimental evidence: recombinant human enzyme with demonstrated AICAR transformylase activity and essential catalytic residues identified.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9378707
Mutational analysis, utilizing this expression system, showed that His213 and His267 were essential for AICAR transformylase activity.
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9700181 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation. Consistent with the established cytosolic localization of ATIC, though attached to an ALK-fusion signaling event module (see reference).
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC; TAS from Reactome is consistent with curated UniProt subcellular location.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9700190 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9700193 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9710914 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9710917 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9712086 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9724099 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0003937
IMP cyclohydrolase activity
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: In this study ATIC (with ASL) was used as a de novo purine pathway enzyme to study sequential enzyme colocalization; ATIC catalyzes steps 9 and 10 (AICAR transformylase then IMP cyclohydrolase). Supports IMP cyclohydrolase activity.
Reason: Direct assay context confirming ATIC's IMP cyclohydrolase (step 10) activity; redundant with the EXP annotations but consistent and correct.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
ATIC (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase, Steps 9 and 10)
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GO:0006177
GMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: ATIC acts upstream of GMP biosynthesis by producing IMP, the common precursor of GMP and AMP. The acts_upstream_of_or_within qualifier captures this indirect relationship.
Reason: Correct upstream relationship (IMP is the precursor of GMP) but GMP biosynthesis is not a core function of ATIC. Keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0006189
'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: ATIC catalyzes the final two steps (9 and 10) of de novo IMP biosynthesis; the acts_upstream_of_or_within relation is consistent with its participation in this pathway.
Reason: Core biological process; ATIC produces IMP, the end product of de novo purine biosynthesis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0044208
'de novo' AMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: ATIC acts upstream of AMP biosynthesis by producing IMP, the precursor of AMP. The acts_upstream_of_or_within qualifier captures this indirect relationship.
Reason: Correct upstream relationship but not a core function of ATIC; keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0097294
'de novo' XMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: ATIC acts upstream of XMP biosynthesis by producing IMP, the precursor from which XMP is made (via IMP dehydrogenase).
Reason: Correct upstream relationship but not a core function of ATIC; keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0097294
'de novo' XMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: involved_in variant of the XMP biosynthesis annotation from the same study. ATIC provides the IMP precursor upstream of XMP synthesis but does not itself catalyze XMP formation.
Reason: ATIC's contribution to XMP biosynthesis is indirect (via IMP); not a core function. Keep as non-core rather than accept as core process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0006177
GMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: involved_in variant of the GMP biosynthesis annotation. ATIC provides the IMP precursor upstream of GMP synthesis but does not itself catalyze a GMP-specific step.
Reason: Indirect (upstream) relationship; not a core function of ATIC. Keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0006189
'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: involved_in variant of the de novo IMP biosynthesis annotation. ATIC catalyzes the last two steps of this pathway, making this a core biological process.
Reason: Core biological process for ATIC (production of IMP), directly supported.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0044208
'de novo' AMP biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:26588576 Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Bip... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: involved_in variant of the AMP biosynthesis annotation. ATIC provides the IMP precursor upstream of AMP synthesis but does not catalyze an AMP-specific step.
Reason: Indirect (upstream) relationship; not a core function. Keep as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26588576
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL (adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9700179 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0045296
cadherin binding
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HDA
PMID:25468996 E-cadherin interactome complexity and robustness resolved by... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: ATIC was identified among the proteins in the vicinity of the E-cadherin cytoplasmic tail in a high-throughput BioID proximity-biotinylation proteomic screen. This is a proximity-labeling co-detection, not evidence of a specific, functionally meaningful cadherin-binding activity of ATIC.
Reason: The authors themselves note the screen captured many proteins that do not localize to junctions and are found elsewhere in the cell; ATIC is a soluble cytosolic metabolic enzyme with no independent evidence of a cadherin-binding function. This is a non-specific proximity-proteomics hit, not a core molecular function. Per policy, an HDA is not removed outright.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25468996
employed proximity biotinylation and quantitative proteomics to isolate and identify 612 proteins in the vicinity of E-cadherinβs cytoplasmic tail
PMID:25468996
the expression of GFP-tagged candidates clearly showed that many of the E-cad-BirA* interactome proteins are found in other locations in the cell
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
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HDA
PMID:23533145 In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expres... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: ATIC was detected among ~900 proteins in a shotgun proteomic survey of exosomes from expressed prostatic secretions in urine. This is a bulk-proteomics co-detection typical for abundant cytosolic housekeeping enzymes and does not reflect ATIC's genuine functional localization.
Reason: Detection in an exosome proteome is a common non-specific finding for abundant cytosolic enzymes and does not indicate a functional extracellular/exosomal role for ATIC, whose established localization is cytosol. Not a core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23533145
In pooled EPS-urine exosome samples, ~900 proteins were detected.
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GO:0016020
membrane
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HDA
PMID:19946888 Defining the membrane proteome of NK cells. |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: ATIC was identified in a mass-spectrometry membrane-proteome survey of an NK-like cell line; the authors explicitly note that many identified species are not integral membrane proteins but are transiently or peripherally associated. ATIC is a soluble cytosolic enzyme.
Reason: Non-specific co-purification in a membrane fraction; the study itself flags that a large fraction of hits are not genuine membrane proteins. ATIC is cytosolic; not a core membrane localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19946888
The remaining species were largely involved in cellular processes and molecular functions that could be predicted to be transiently associated with membranes.
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
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HDA
PMID:19056867 Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exos... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: ATIC was detected among 1132 proteins in a large-scale proteomic profile of human urinary exosomes. As above, this is a bulk-proteomics co-detection of an abundant cytosolic enzyme, not evidence of a functional exosomal role.
Reason: Non-specific exosome-proteome detection; ATIC's established localization is cytosol. Not a core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19056867
the analysis identified 1132 proteins unambiguously
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
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HDA
PMID:20458337 MHC class II-associated proteins in B-cell exosomes and pote... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: ATIC was detected among 539 proteins in a proteomic analysis of purified B-cell-derived exosomes. Again a bulk-proteomics co-detection, not a functional exosomal localization for this cytosolic enzyme.
Reason: Non-specific exosome-proteome detection; ATIC is cytosolic. Not a core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20458337
we first analyzed the total proteome of highly purified B cell-derived exosomes using sensitive and accurate mass spectrometry (MS), and identified 539 proteins
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-73797 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization for the reaction "FAICAR => IMP + H2O" (the IMP cyclohydrolase step). This correctly places ATIC's catalytic activity in the cytosol.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC, and this Reactome event corresponds directly to ATIC's IMP cyclohydrolase reaction.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-73798 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome cytosol localization for the reaction "AICAR + 10-Formyl-THF => FAICAR + THF" (the AICAR transformylase step). Correctly places ATIC's catalytic activity in the cytosol.
Reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC, and this Reactome event corresponds directly to ATIC's AICAR transformylase reaction.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0042803
protein homodimerization activity
|
IPI
PMID:14756553 Structural insights into the human and avian IMP cyclohydrol... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Crystal structures of human ATIC establish that the enzyme is a homodimer, with the AICAR transformylase active site formed at the dimer interface (substrate shared between dimeric partners). Homodimerization is functionally important because the dimeric form has enhanced cyclohydrolase activity.
Reason: ATIC functions as an obligate homodimer; structural evidence (PDB 1PKX) confirms the homodimeric assembly. This is a genuine, functionally relevant quaternary-structure activity, not a bare protein-binding annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14756553
crystal structures of XMP inhibitor complexes of human ATIC at 1.9 A resolution
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBUNIT: Homodimer (PubMed:14756553, PubMed:14966129)
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GO:0042803
protein homodimerization activity
|
IPI
PMID:14966129 Crystal structures of human bifunctional enzyme aminoimidazo... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Crystal structures of human ATIC in complex with AICAR and sulfonyl- containing antifolates confirm the homodimeric assembly, with the transformylase active site (Lys266, His267, Asn431') built at the dimer interface.
Reason: Structural confirmation of the functionally required homodimer. This is a meaningful quaternary-structure annotation, not a vague protein-binding term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14966129
now implicate Asn(431') in the reaction mechanism along with previously identified key catalytic residues Lys(266) and His(267)
file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
SUBUNIT: Homodimer (PubMed:14756553, PubMed:14966129)
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GO:0003937
IMP cyclohydrolase activity
|
TAS
PMID:8567683 The human purH gene product, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Cloning, purification, kinetic analysis and domain mapping of the human purH (ATIC) gene product established both enzymatic activities, localizing IMP cyclohydrolase (IMPCHase) to the N-terminal region.
Reason: Author-asserted (TAS) and directly supported by the same paper's domain-mapping and kinetic data; core IMP cyclohydrolase function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8567683
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal 223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
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GO:0004643
phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
|
TAS
PMID:8567683 The human purH gene product, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: The same cloning/domain-mapping study established the AICAR formyltransferase (AICARFT) activity of human ATIC and localized it to the C-terminal region.
Reason: Author-asserted and directly supported; core AICAR transformylase function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8567683
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal 223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
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GO:0006139
nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
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TAS
PMID:8567683 The human purH gene product, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ... |
MODIFY |
Summary: Author-asserted involvement in nucleobase-containing compound metabolism. This is a very general parent term; ATIC's specific role is in de novo IMP/purine nucleotide biosynthesis.
Reason: The term is correct but far too general given that ATIC's specific process is de novo IMP biosynthesis (and, more broadly, purine nucleotide biosynthesis). Replace with the more informative specific process term.
Proposed replacements:
'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8567683
These steps of de novo purine biosynthesis, respectively.
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id: P31939
gene_symbol: ATIC
product_type: PROTEIN
status: INITIALIZED
taxon:
id: NCBITaxon:9606
label: Homo sapiens
description: >-
ATIC (bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein; AICAR transformylase / IMP
cyclohydrolase, also known as PURH) is a cytosolic homodimeric enzyme that
catalyzes the final two steps of de novo purine (IMP) biosynthesis. Its AICAR
transformylase activity (EC 2.1.2.3) transfers a formyl group from
10-formyltetrahydrofolate to 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide
(AICAR), producing 5-formamido-AICAR (FAICAR); its IMP cyclohydrolase activity
(EC 3.5.4.10) then cyclizes FAICAR to inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP) plus
water. The two catalytic activities reside on a single polypeptide in all
species studied, with the IMP cyclohydrolase activity in the N-terminal
MGS-like region (approximately residues 1-198) and the AICAR transformylase
activity in the C-terminal region (approximately residues 199-592); the
transformylase active site is formed at the dimer interface. The cyclohydrolase
step is essentially irreversible and drives the otherwise unfavorable overall
conversion of AICAR to IMP toward completion. Because the transformylase step
is folate-dependent, ATIC is a pharmacological target of antifolates: the
AICAR-transformylase activity is inhibited by methotrexate polyglutamates and
pemetrexed and by nonclassical antifolates developed for tumor suppression, and
elevated AICAR (as with the AMPK-activating AICA-riboside) reflects this node in
folate/purine metabolism. Biallelic loss-of-function variants in ATIC cause
AICA-ribosiduria, an extremely rare autosomal-recessive inborn error of purine
biosynthesis characterized by profound intellectual disability, epilepsy,
dysmorphic features and congenital blindness, with massive urinary excretion and
tissue accumulation of AICA-riboside/AICA-ribotide.
alternative_products:
- name: '1'
id: P31939-1
- name: '2'
id: P31939-2
sequence_note: VSP_053495
existing_annotations:
- term:
id: GO:0004643
label: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
AICAR transformylase (phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide
formyltransferase, EC 2.1.2.3) activity is a core, phylogenetically
conserved molecular function of ATIC, catalyzing the penultimate step of de
novo IMP biosynthesis. This IBA is well supported by direct experimental
characterization of the human enzyme.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Core molecular function of the C-terminal domain, confirmed by kinetic and
structural studies of the human protein. The IBA sensibly transfers the
family-conserved activity to human ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9378707
supporting_text: >-
With the cloned cDNA fragment, we constructed expression vectors for
mature and GST-fused AICAR transformylase. Both recombinant molecules
possessing
AICAR transformylase activity were overproduced in Escherichia coli.
- reference_id: PMID:8567683
supporting_text: >-
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal
223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: is_active_in
review:
summary: >-
ATIC is a cytosolic enzyme of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway;
cytosolic localization is conserved across the PurH family and is where the
enzyme carries out its catalytic activities.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Cytosol is the established subcellular location of ATIC (UniProt Cytoplasm,
cytosol), consistent with its role in the soluble purine biosynthesis
pathway. The is_active_in qualifier is appropriate because the enzyme
performs its function in the cytosol.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0003937
label: IMP cyclohydrolase activity
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
IMP cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.10) activity is a core, conserved molecular
function of ATIC, catalyzing the final step of de novo IMP biosynthesis
(cyclization of FAICAR to IMP). Directly confirmed for the human enzyme by
kinetics and mutagenesis.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Core molecular function residing in the N-terminal domain; the IBA
correctly propagates this family-conserved activity to human ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:14756554
supporting_text: >-
The bifunctional enzyme aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide
transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase (ATIC) is responsible
for catalysis of the last two steps in the de novo purine pathway.
- reference_id: PMID:8567683
supporting_text: >-
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal
223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
- term:
id: GO:0006189
label: '''de novo'' IMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
ATIC catalyzes the last two steps of the de novo IMP biosynthesis pathway,
so involvement in de novo IMP biosynthesis is a core biological process for
this gene.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Directly supported process; ATIC is the terminal bifunctional enzyme of the
de novo purine (IMP) pathway. The IBA is at the correct level of
specificity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
is a bifunctional protein possessing two enzymatic activities that
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo
synthesis of
inosine 5'-monophosphate
- term:
id: GO:0003937
label: IMP cyclohydrolase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assertion (ARBA/RHEA/EC mapping) of IMP cyclohydrolase activity.
This is the same core catalytic function established experimentally for
human ATIC.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
The IEA (EC 3.5.4.10 / RHEA:18445) correctly maps to ATIC's experimentally
confirmed IMP cyclohydrolase activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:14756554
supporting_text: >-
transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase (ATIC) is responsible
for catalysis of the last two steps in the de novo purine pathway
- term:
id: GO:0004643
label: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assertion (RHEA:22192 / EC 2.1.2.3) of AICAR transformylase
activity, matching the experimentally confirmed core function of ATIC.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
The IEA correctly maps EC 2.1.2.3 to ATIC's experimentally confirmed AICAR
transformylase activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:10985775
supporting_text: >-
It is proposed that the conformation of the carboxamide moiety
required for binding to AICAR Tfase is different than the conformation
required for binding to IMP CHase
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assertion of cytosol localization from UniProt Subcellular
Location mapping (SL-0091). Consistent with the established cytosolic
localization of ATIC.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Matches the curated UniProt subcellular location (Cytoplasm, cytosol) and
the IBA cytosol annotation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0006164
label: purine nucleotide biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
InterPro2GO mapping (IPR002695, PurH-like) to the general process of purine
nucleotide biosynthesis. Correct but less specific than the de novo IMP
biosynthetic process annotation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Biologically correct; ATIC functions in purine nucleotide biosynthesis.
This is a broader parent of the more specific de novo IMP biosynthetic
process annotation, and acceptable as an IEA that is deliberately
conservative.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo
synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
- term:
id: GO:0003360
label: brainstem development
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic transfer of a rat/mouse ortholog annotation (Ensembl Compara)
asserting involvement in brainstem development. There is no direct evidence
that ATIC has a dedicated developmental role in the brainstem; any
neurodevelopmental phenotype is a downstream consequence of impaired purine
supply (AICA-ribosiduria), not a distinct molecular process ATIC
participates in.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
This is an over-propagated ortholog-transfer IEA. ATIC's neurological
involvement is indirect, via its housekeeping purine-biosynthesis function;
a specific brainstem developmental process annotation over-interprets an
electronic ortholog transfer and is not a core function.
- term:
id: GO:0006177
label: GMP biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assertion that ATIC is involved in GMP biosynthesis. ATIC
produces IMP, the common precursor from which GMP (and AMP) are
subsequently derived; ATIC itself does not catalyze any GMP-specific step.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
ATIC acts upstream of GMP biosynthesis by generating the shared IMP
precursor, so an acts-upstream-of style relationship is defensible, but GMP
biosynthesis is not a core function of ATIC (its core outputs are the two
enzymatic steps that make IMP). Keep as non-core rather than remove.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo
synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
- term:
id: GO:0006189
label: '''de novo'' IMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assertion (ARBA / UniPathway UPA00074) of involvement in de novo
IMP biosynthesis, matching the core biological process of ATIC.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Correct core process, redundant with the IBA/IDA de novo IMP biosynthesis
annotations.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo
synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
- term:
id: GO:0021549
label: cerebellum development
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting cerebellum development.
As with brainstem development, there is no evidence for a dedicated ATIC
role in cerebellar development beyond its general housekeeping
purine-biosynthesis function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Over-propagated developmental IEA; neurodevelopmental effects of ATIC
deficiency are indirect consequences of purine insufficiency, not a
distinct cerebellum-development function.
- term:
id: GO:0021987
label: cerebral cortex development
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting cerebral cortex
development. No direct evidence for a specific cortical developmental role
of ATIC distinct from its metabolic housekeeping function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Over-propagated developmental IEA; not a core function of ATIC.
- term:
id: GO:0031100
label: animal organ regeneration
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting involvement in organ
regeneration, likely reflecting increased purine demand in regenerating
rodent tissue rather than a specific regenerative function of ATIC.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Over-propagated IEA; any association with regeneration is an indirect
consequence of proliferation-driven purine demand, not a dedicated
molecular role of ATIC.
- term:
id: GO:0044208
label: '''de novo'' AMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assertion of involvement in de novo AMP biosynthesis. ATIC
produces IMP, from which AMP is subsequently synthesized; ATIC does not
catalyze an AMP-specific step.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
ATIC acts upstream of AMP biosynthesis via the shared IMP precursor.
Defensible as an upstream involvement but not a core function; keep as
non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo
synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
- term:
id: GO:0046452
label: dihydrofolate metabolic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting dihydrofolate metabolic
process. ATIC's transformylase reaction consumes 10-formyltetrahydrofolate
(and can use 10-formyldihydrofolate) and releases tetrahydrofolate (or
dihydrofolate), so it participates in folate one-carbon metabolism, but it
is not a canonical enzyme of dihydrofolate metabolism.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
ATIC consumes a formyl-folate cofactor rather than performing dedicated
dihydrofolate metabolism; the term over-interprets the cofactor usage. Its
folate link is that its AICAR-transformylase step depends on 10-formyl-THF,
making it an antifolate target, not a dihydrofolate-metabolizing enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: >-
Can use both 10-formyldihydrofolate
- term:
id: GO:0046654
label: tetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Ortholog-transfer IEA (Ensembl Compara) asserting tetrahydrofolate
biosynthesis. ATIC releases tetrahydrofolate as a product of the
transformylase reaction (from 10-formyl-THF) but does not synthesize the
tetrahydrofolate scaffold; this is not a biosynthetic role for THF.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Regenerating THF from a formyl-THF donor during formyl transfer is not
tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis. Over-propagated cofactor-based IEA.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: >-
and 10-formyltetrahydrofolate as the formyl donor in this reaction
- term:
id: GO:0097294
label: '''de novo'' XMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assertion of involvement in de novo XMP biosynthesis. XMP is
derived from IMP (via IMP dehydrogenase) downstream of ATIC; ATIC does not
catalyze an XMP-specific step.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
ATIC acts upstream of XMP biosynthesis through the shared IMP precursor.
Not a core function; keep as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo
synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
- term:
id: GO:0003937
label: IMP cyclohydrolase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:11948179
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Direct kinetic characterization of the human bifunctional enzyme
established the IMP cyclohydrolase activity (cyclization of FAICAR to IMP),
which is essentially unidirectional and draws the overall reaction toward
IMP.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Experimental (EXP) evidence directly demonstrating the core IMP
cyclohydrolase function of human ATIC via complete kinetic analysis.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
the cyclohydrolase reaction is essentially unidirectional in the forward
sense. The cyclohydrolase reaction thus draws the overall bifunctional
reaction toward the production of inosine monophosphate.
- term:
id: GO:0003937
label: IMP cyclohydrolase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:14756554
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Site-directed mutagenesis and steady-state kinetics of the human enzyme
dissected the catalytic mechanism of the IMP cyclohydrolase activity,
directly confirming this core function.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Experimental evidence directly characterizing ATIC's IMP cyclohydrolase
catalytic mechanism in the human enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:14756554
supporting_text: >-
four candidate residues, Lys66, Tyr104, Asp125, and Lys137, were
identified for site-directed mutagenesis to study the cyclohydrolase
activity of this bifunctional enzyme
- term:
id: GO:0004643
label: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:10985775
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Mechanistic study of human AICAR transformylase using AICAR analogues,
establishing the specificity and catalytic role of the 4-carboxamide and
directly confirming AICAR transformylase (formyltransferase) activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Experimental evidence directly characterizing the human AICAR
transformylase catalytic activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:10985775
supporting_text: >-
The results show that the 4-carboxamide of AICAR is essential
for catalysis, and it is proposed to assist in mediating proton transfer
- term:
id: GO:0004643
label: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:11948179
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
The complete kinetic mechanism study of human ATIC directly measured the
AICAR transformylase reaction (forward/reverse rates, rate-limiting THF
release), confirming formyltransferase activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Experimental evidence directly demonstrating human ATIC AICAR
transformylase activity within the bifunctional enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
The rate-limiting step in the overall reaction (2.9
+/- 0.4 s(-1)) is likely the release of tetrahydrofolate from the
formyltransferase active site
- term:
id: GO:0004643
label: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:9378707
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Molecular cloning and expression of human AICAR transformylase with
mutagenesis identifying His213 and His267 as essential for activity,
directly confirming the formyltransferase function.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Experimental evidence: recombinant human enzyme with demonstrated AICAR
transformylase activity and essential catalytic residues identified.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9378707
supporting_text: >-
Mutational analysis, utilizing this
expression system, showed that His213 and His267 were essential for AICAR
transformylase activity.
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700181
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation. Consistent with the established
cytosolic localization of ATIC, though attached to an ALK-fusion signaling
event module (see reference).
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC; TAS from Reactome is consistent
with curated UniProt subcellular location.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700190
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent
with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700193
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent
with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9710914
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent
with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9710917
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent
with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9712086
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent
with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9724099
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent
with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0003937
label: IMP cyclohydrolase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
In this study ATIC (with ASL) was used as a de novo purine pathway enzyme
to study sequential enzyme colocalization; ATIC catalyzes steps 9 and 10
(AICAR transformylase then IMP cyclohydrolase). Supports IMP cyclohydrolase
activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Direct assay context confirming ATIC's IMP cyclohydrolase (step 10)
activity; redundant with the EXP annotations but consistent and correct.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
ATIC (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide
ribonucleotide transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase, Steps
9 and
10)
- term:
id: GO:0006177
label: GMP biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: acts_upstream_of_or_within
review:
summary: >-
ATIC acts upstream of GMP biosynthesis by producing IMP, the common
precursor of GMP and AMP. The acts_upstream_of_or_within qualifier captures
this indirect relationship.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Correct upstream relationship (IMP is the precursor of GMP) but GMP
biosynthesis is not a core function of ATIC. Keep as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0006189
label: '''de novo'' IMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: acts_upstream_of_or_within
review:
summary: >-
ATIC catalyzes the final two steps (9 and 10) of de novo IMP biosynthesis;
the acts_upstream_of_or_within relation is consistent with its
participation in this pathway.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Core biological process; ATIC produces IMP, the end product of de novo
purine biosynthesis.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0044208
label: '''de novo'' AMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: acts_upstream_of_or_within
review:
summary: >-
ATIC acts upstream of AMP biosynthesis by producing IMP, the precursor of
AMP. The acts_upstream_of_or_within qualifier captures this indirect
relationship.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Correct upstream relationship but not a core function of ATIC; keep as
non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0097294
label: '''de novo'' XMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: acts_upstream_of_or_within
review:
summary: >-
ATIC acts upstream of XMP biosynthesis by producing IMP, the precursor from
which XMP is made (via IMP dehydrogenase).
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Correct upstream relationship but not a core function of ATIC; keep as
non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0097294
label: '''de novo'' XMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
involved_in variant of the XMP biosynthesis annotation from the same study.
ATIC provides the IMP precursor upstream of XMP synthesis but does not
itself catalyze XMP formation.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
ATIC's contribution to XMP biosynthesis is indirect (via IMP); not a core
function. Keep as non-core rather than accept as core process.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0006177
label: GMP biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
involved_in variant of the GMP biosynthesis annotation. ATIC provides the
IMP precursor upstream of GMP synthesis but does not itself catalyze a
GMP-specific step.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Indirect (upstream) relationship; not a core function of ATIC. Keep as
non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0006189
label: '''de novo'' IMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
involved_in variant of the de novo IMP biosynthesis annotation. ATIC
catalyzes the last two steps of this pathway, making this a core biological
process.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Core biological process for ATIC (production of IMP), directly supported.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0044208
label: '''de novo'' AMP biosynthetic process'
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26588576
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
involved_in variant of the AMP biosynthesis annotation. ATIC provides the
IMP precursor upstream of AMP synthesis but does not catalyze an
AMP-specific step.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Indirect (upstream) relationship; not a core function. Keep as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26588576
supporting_text: >-
Two proteins of the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, ASL
(adenylosuccinate lyase, Step 8) and ATIC
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700179
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization annotation (ALK-fusion module). Consistent
with ATIC's cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0045296
label: cadherin binding
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:25468996
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
ATIC was identified among the proteins in the vicinity of the E-cadherin
cytoplasmic tail in a high-throughput BioID proximity-biotinylation
proteomic screen. This is a proximity-labeling co-detection, not evidence
of a specific, functionally meaningful cadherin-binding activity of ATIC.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
The authors themselves note the screen captured many proteins that do not
localize to junctions and are found elsewhere in the cell; ATIC is a soluble
cytosolic metabolic enzyme with no independent evidence of a
cadherin-binding function. This is a non-specific proximity-proteomics hit,
not a core molecular function. Per policy, an HDA is not removed outright.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25468996
supporting_text: >-
employed proximity biotinylation and quantitative proteomics to
isolate and identify 612 proteins in the vicinity of E-cadherinβs
cytoplasmic tail
- reference_id: PMID:25468996
supporting_text: >-
the expression of GFP-tagged candidates clearly showed that many of the
E-cad-BirA* interactome proteins are found in other locations in the cell
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:23533145
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
ATIC was detected among ~900 proteins in a shotgun proteomic survey of
exosomes from expressed prostatic secretions in urine. This is a
bulk-proteomics co-detection typical for abundant cytosolic housekeeping
enzymes and does not reflect ATIC's genuine functional localization.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Detection in an exosome proteome is a common non-specific finding for
abundant cytosolic enzymes and does not indicate a functional
extracellular/exosomal role for ATIC, whose established localization is
cytosol. Not a core function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:23533145
supporting_text: >-
In pooled EPS-urine exosome
samples, ~900 proteins were detected.
- term:
id: GO:0016020
label: membrane
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:19946888
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
ATIC was identified in a mass-spectrometry membrane-proteome survey of an
NK-like cell line; the authors explicitly note that many identified species
are not integral membrane proteins but are transiently or peripherally
associated. ATIC is a soluble cytosolic enzyme.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Non-specific co-purification in a membrane fraction; the study itself flags
that a large fraction of hits are not genuine membrane proteins. ATIC is
cytosolic; not a core membrane localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:19946888
supporting_text: >-
The remaining species were largely involved in cellular processes and
molecular functions that could be predicted to be transiently associated
with membranes.
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:19056867
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
ATIC was detected among 1132 proteins in a large-scale proteomic profile of
human urinary exosomes. As above, this is a bulk-proteomics co-detection of
an abundant cytosolic enzyme, not evidence of a functional exosomal role.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Non-specific exosome-proteome detection; ATIC's established localization is
cytosol. Not a core function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:19056867
supporting_text: >-
the
analysis identified 1132 proteins unambiguously
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:20458337
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
ATIC was detected among 539 proteins in a proteomic analysis of purified
B-cell-derived exosomes. Again a bulk-proteomics co-detection, not a
functional exosomal localization for this cytosolic enzyme.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Non-specific exosome-proteome detection; ATIC is cytosolic. Not a core
function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:20458337
supporting_text: >-
we first analyzed the total
proteome of highly purified B cell-derived exosomes using sensitive and
accurate mass spectrometry (MS), and identified 539 proteins
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-73797
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization for the reaction "FAICAR => IMP + H2O" (the
IMP cyclohydrolase step). This correctly places ATIC's catalytic activity
in the cytosol.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC, and this Reactome event
corresponds directly to ATIC's IMP cyclohydrolase reaction.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-73798
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome cytosol localization for the reaction "AICAR + 10-Formyl-THF =>
FAICAR + THF" (the AICAR transformylase step). Correctly places ATIC's
catalytic activity in the cytosol.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Cytosol is the correct location for ATIC, and this Reactome event
corresponds directly to ATIC's AICAR transformylase reaction.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytosol'
- term:
id: GO:0042803
label: protein homodimerization activity
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:14756553
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Crystal structures of human ATIC establish that the enzyme is a homodimer,
with the AICAR transformylase active site formed at the dimer interface
(substrate shared between dimeric partners). Homodimerization is
functionally important because the dimeric form has enhanced cyclohydrolase
activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
ATIC functions as an obligate homodimer; structural evidence (PDB 1PKX)
confirms the homodimeric assembly. This is a genuine, functionally relevant
quaternary-structure activity, not a bare protein-binding annotation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:14756553
supporting_text: >-
crystal structures of XMP inhibitor complexes of human ATIC at 1.9 A
resolution
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBUNIT: Homodimer (PubMed:14756553, PubMed:14966129)'
- term:
id: GO:0042803
label: protein homodimerization activity
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:14966129
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Crystal structures of human ATIC in complex with AICAR and sulfonyl-
containing antifolates confirm the homodimeric assembly, with the
transformylase active site (Lys266, His267, Asn431') built at the dimer
interface.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Structural confirmation of the functionally required homodimer. This is a
meaningful quaternary-structure annotation, not a vague protein-binding
term.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:14966129
supporting_text: >-
now
implicate Asn(431') in the reaction mechanism along with previously
identified
key catalytic residues Lys(266) and His(267)
- reference_id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBUNIT: Homodimer (PubMed:14756553, PubMed:14966129)'
- term:
id: GO:0003937
label: IMP cyclohydrolase activity
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: PMID:8567683
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Cloning, purification, kinetic analysis and domain mapping of the human
purH (ATIC) gene product established both enzymatic activities, localizing
IMP cyclohydrolase (IMPCHase) to the N-terminal region.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Author-asserted (TAS) and directly supported by the same paper's
domain-mapping and kinetic data; core IMP cyclohydrolase function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8567683
supporting_text: >-
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal
223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
- term:
id: GO:0004643
label: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: PMID:8567683
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
The same cloning/domain-mapping study established the AICAR formyltransferase
(AICARFT) activity of human ATIC and localized it to the C-terminal region.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Author-asserted and directly supported; core AICAR transformylase function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8567683
supporting_text: >-
IMPCHase and AICARFT activities are located within the NH2-terminal
223 and COOH-terminal 406 amino acids, respectively.
- term:
id: GO:0006139
label: nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: PMID:8567683
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Author-asserted involvement in nucleobase-containing compound metabolism.
This is a very general parent term; ATIC's specific role is in de novo
IMP/purine nucleotide biosynthesis.
action: MODIFY
reason: >-
The term is correct but far too general given that ATIC's specific process
is de novo IMP biosynthesis (and, more broadly, purine nucleotide
biosynthesis). Replace with the more informative specific process term.
proposed_replacement_terms:
- id: GO:0006189
label: "'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process"
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8567683
supporting_text: >-
These steps of de novo purine biosynthesis, respectively.
core_functions:
- description: >-
AICAR transformylase (phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide
formyltransferase, EC 2.1.2.3) that transfers a formyl group from
10-formyltetrahydrofolate to AICAR to form FAICAR -- the penultimate step of
de novo IMP biosynthesis. Acts as a cytosolic homodimer.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0004643
label: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0006189
label: "'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process"
- id: GO:0006164
label: purine nucleotide biosynthetic process
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9378707
supporting_text: >-
Mutational analysis, utilizing this
expression system, showed that His213 and His267 were essential for AICAR
transformylase activity.
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
sequentially catalyze the last two steps in the pathway for de novo
synthesis of inosine 5'-monophosphate
- description: >-
IMP cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.10) that cyclizes FAICAR to inosine
5'-monophosphate (IMP) plus water -- the final, essentially irreversible step
of de novo IMP biosynthesis, which drives the overall AICAR-to-IMP conversion
forward. Resides in the N-terminal MGS-like domain; acts as a cytosolic
homodimer.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0003937
label: IMP cyclohydrolase activity
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0006189
label: "'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process"
- id: GO:0006164
label: purine nucleotide biosynthetic process
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11948179
supporting_text: >-
the cyclohydrolase reaction is essentially unidirectional in the forward
sense. The cyclohydrolase reaction thus draws the overall bifunctional
reaction toward the production of inosine monophosphate.
- reference_id: PMID:14756554
supporting_text: >-
The bifunctional enzyme aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide
transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase (ATIC) is responsible
for catalysis of the last two steps in the de novo purine pathway.
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000002
title: Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO
terms
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000033
title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000044
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location
vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by
UniProt
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000107
title: Automatic transfer of experimentally verified manual GO annotation data to
orthologs using Ensembl Compara
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000120
title: Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
findings: []
- id: file:human/ATIC/ATIC-uniprot.txt
title: UniProtKB entry P31939 (ATIC / PUR9_HUMAN)
findings: []
- id: PMID:10985775
title: 'Human AICAR transformylase: role of the 4-carboxamide of AICAR in binding
and catalysis.'
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Directly characterizes human AICAR transformylase catalytic activity and
specificity; supports the GO:0004643 EXP annotation.
- id: PMID:11948179
title: The kinetic mechanism of the human bifunctional enzyme ATIC (5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide
ribonucleotide transformylase/inosine 5'-monophosphate cyclohydrolase). A surprising
lack of substrate channeling.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Complete kinetic mechanism of human ATIC establishing both transformylase
and cyclohydrolase activities and that the cyclohydrolase step drives IMP
formation.
- id: PMID:14756553
title: Structural insights into the human and avian IMP cyclohydrolase mechanism
via crystal structures with the bound XMP inhibitor.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Human ATIC crystal structure (PDB 1PKX); supports homodimer and IMP
cyclohydrolase mechanism.
- id: PMID:14756554
title: Catalytic mechanism of the cyclohydrolase activity of human aminoimidazole
carboxamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Mutagenesis/kinetics of human ATIC cyclohydrolase mechanism; supports
GO:0003937 EXP annotation.
- id: PMID:14966129
title: Crystal structures of human bifunctional enzyme aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide
ribonucleotide transformylase/IMP cyclohydrolase in complex with potent sulfonyl-containing
antifolates.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Human ATIC structures (PDB 1P4R/1PL0) with AICAR and antifolates; supports
homodimer, transformylase active site, and antifolate targeting.
- id: PMID:19056867
title: Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Large-scale urinary exosome proteome; ATIC is a non-specific bulk-proteomics
detection, not evidence of a functional exosomal role.
- id: PMID:19946888
title: Defining the membrane proteome of NK cells.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Membrane-proteome survey; study notes many hits are transiently/peripherally
associated. ATIC membrane localization is non-specific.
- id: PMID:20458337
title: MHC class II-associated proteins in B-cell exosomes and potential functional
implications for exosome biogenesis.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
B-cell exosome proteome; ATIC is a bulk-proteomics co-detection, not a
functional exosomal localization.
- id: PMID:23533145
title: In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expressed prostatic
secretions in urine.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Prostatic-secretion exosome proteome (~900 proteins); ATIC detection is
non-specific.
- id: PMID:25468996
title: E-cadherin interactome complexity and robustness resolved by quantitative
proteomics.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
BioID proximity-proteomics of the E-cadherin tail; authors note many hits
localize elsewhere in the cell. ATIC "cadherin binding" is a non-specific
proximity hit.
- id: PMID:26588576
title: 'Colocalization and Sequential Enzyme Activity in Aqueous Biphasic Systems:
Experiments and Modeling.'
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: MEDIUM
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Uses ATIC (steps 9-10 of de novo purine synthesis) as a model enzyme;
confirms its catalytic activities and pathway position but the biophysical
focus is on compartmentalization, not ATIC biology per se.
- id: PMID:8567683
title: The human purH gene product, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide
formyltransferase/IMP cyclohydrolase. Cloning, sequencing, expression, purification,
kinetic analysis, and domain mapping.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Foundational cloning/domain-mapping of human ATIC establishing both
activities and their domain locations.
- id: PMID:9378707
title: Characterization of molecularly cloned human 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide
ribonucleotide transformylase.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Human AICAR transformylase cloning/expression; His213/His267 essential for
activity. Supports GO:0004643.
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-73797
title: FAICAR => IMP + H2O
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-73798
title: AICAR + 10-Formyl-THF => FAICAR + THF
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700179
title: Ligand-independent dimerization of ALK fusions
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700181
title: Autophosphorylation of ALK fusions
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700190
title: ALK mutants bind SHC
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9700193
title: ALK mutants phosphorylate SHC1
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9710914
title: ALK fusions bind GRB2
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9710917
title: ALK fusion proteins bind PLCG1
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9712086
title: ALK fusions phosphorylate PLCG1
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9724099
title: ALK mutants:p-3Y SHC binds GRB2
findings: []