Definition for Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase

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Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase is an enzyme encoded in humans by the HPRT1 gene. HGPRT is a transferase that catalyzes conversion of hypoxanthine to inosine monophosphate and guanine to guanosine monophosphate.