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Review of GO-CAM Model gomodel:5f46c3b700003884

Model Summary

Title: AMP catabolic process to allantoin (Mouse)
ID: gomodel:5f46c3b700003884
Taxon: NCBITaxon:10090 (Mouse)
Status: Production

Overview

This GO-CAM model represents the AMP catabolic pathway in mouse that converts AMP to allantoin. The pathway involves multiple enzymes catalyzing sequential steps in the cytosol and peroxisome, ultimately leading to the formation of allantoin.

Pathway Components and Flow

The model captures a linear metabolic pathway with the following key activities:

  1. 5'-nucleotidase activity (GO:0008253)
  2. Enabled by: Nt5c1b (MGI:MGI:1918131) and Nt5c1a (MGI:MGI:2155700)
  3. Location: Cytosol (GO:0005829)

  4. Function: Converts AMP to adenosine

  5. Adenosine deaminase activity (GO:0004000)

  6. Enabled by: Ada (MGI:MGI:87916)
  7. Location: Cytosol (GO:0005829)

  8. Function: Converts adenosine to inosine

  9. Purine-nucleoside phosphorylase activity (GO:0004731)

  10. Enabled by: Pnp (MGI:MGI:97365)
  11. Location: Cytosol (GO:0005829)

  12. Function: Converts inosine to hypoxanthine

  13. Hypoxanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase activities (GO:0070674/GO:0070675)

  14. Enabled by: Xdh (MGI:MGI:98973)
  15. Location: Cytosol (GO:0005829)

  16. Function: Converts hypoxanthine to xanthine

  17. Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase activities (GO:0004854/GO:0004855)

  18. Enabled by: Xdh (MGI:MGI:98973)
  19. Location: Cytosol/peroxisome (GO:0005829/GO:0005777)

  20. Function: Converts xanthine to urate

  21. Urate oxidase activity (GO:0004846)

  22. Enabled by: Uox (MGI:MGI:98907)
  23. Location: Peroxisome (GO:0005777)

  24. Function: Converts urate to 5-hydroxyisourate

  25. Hydroxyisourate hydrolase activity (GO:0033971)

  26. Enabled by: Urah (MGI:MGI:1916142)
  27. Location: Peroxisome (GO:0005777)

  28. Function: Converts 5-hydroxyisourate to 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline (OHCU)

  29. 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline decarboxylase activity (GO:0051997)

  30. Enabled by: Urad (MGI:MGI:3647519)
  31. Location: Peroxisome (GO:0005777)
  32. Function: Converts OHCU to allantoin
  33. Output: Allantoin (CHEBI:15676)

Strengths of the Model

  1. Comprehensive Pathway Representation: The model captures the complete AMP to allantoin degradation pathway, including all necessary enzymatic steps.

  2. Subcellular Localization: The model accurately represents the different subcellular locations (cytosol vs. peroxisome) where these reactions occur.

  3. Multiple Enzyme Isoforms: The model includes both Nt5c1a and Nt5c1b as alternative 5'-nucleotidases, reflecting biological redundancy.

  4. Dual Activities of Xanthine Dehydrogenase: The model correctly captures that Xdh (MGI:MGI:98973) has multiple activities (dehydrogenase and oxidase) and can function in both the cytosol and peroxisome.

  5. Evidence Support: Each molecular function is supported by appropriate evidence (experimental evidence, sequence orthology) and relevant literature.

Areas for Improvement

  1. Missing Enzyme/Gene Information: The model doesn't include information about adenylate kinase, which catalyzes the conversion of ADP to AMP and is typically part of the early steps of AMP catabolism.

  2. Subcellular Transport Mechanisms: The model does not explicitly capture how metabolites transition from the cytosol to the peroxisome, which is crucial for the later steps of the pathway.

  3. Regulatory Aspects: The model doesn't represent any regulatory mechanisms that control this pathway, such as feedback inhibition or activation.

  4. Incomplete Evidence: Some causal associations lack evidence annotations, which should be added to strengthen the model.

  5. Alternative Pathways: The model focuses on a single linear pathway without representing potential alternative routes or shunts in purine metabolism.

Evidence Evaluation

The model is well-supported by experimental evidence, with most activities having direct assay evidence (ECO:0000314) or mutant phenotype evidence (ECO:0000315). Key literature citations include PMID:16462750, which details the enzymes involved in uric acid degradation to allantoin, particularly focusing on the peroxisomal enzymes (URAH and URAD).

Consistency with Literature

The model accurately reflects the current understanding of purine catabolism in mice. PMID:16462750 (Ramazzina et al., 2006) provides comprehensive evidence for the later steps of the pathway, particularly the enzymatic conversion of urate to allantoin, which requires three enzymes (urate oxidase, HIU hydrolase, and OHCU decarboxylase). The model correctly represents these enzymes as UOX, URAH, and URAD, respectively, and their peroxisomal localization.

PMID:11690631 supports the 5'-nucleotidase activity of Nt5c1b in cytosol and its role in AMP catabolism.

Summary

The GO-CAM model gomodel:5f46c3b700003884 provides a comprehensive representation of the AMP catabolic pathway to allantoin in mouse. It accurately represents the sequential enzymatic steps, subcellular localizations, and is well-supported by experimental evidence. The model could be improved by including information about metabolite transport between cellular compartments and regulatory mechanisms. Overall, this is a high-quality model that effectively captures the biological process of AMP catabolism to allantoin in mouse.