IMP dehydrogenase 2 is the rate-limiting enzyme in the de novo guaninenucleotide biosynthesis. It is thus involved in maintaining cellular guanine deoxy- and ribonucleotide pools needed for DNA and RNA synthesis. IMPDH2 catalyzes the NAD-dependent oxidation of inosine-5'-monophosphate into xanthine-5'-monophosphate, which is then converted into guanosine-5'-monophosphate.[5] IMPDH2 has been identified as an intracellular target of the natural product sanglifehrin A.[8]
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