... Canyuk B, Focia PJ & Eakin AE (2001) The role foran invariant aspartic acid in hypoxanthine phospho-ribosyltransferases is examined using saturation muta-genesis, functional analysis, and ... hypoxanthinebases, respectively, indicating that Asp137 functions as a catalytic base [12]. However, a tight binding of N7 of the purine base and Asp137 was observed in HPRT in complex with ImmGP, indicating ... ImmGP, indicating a role in transitionstate stabilization during catalysis [17]. A series of mutations were made of the invariantAsp in HPRT from Trypanosoma cruzi. The D137Gmutation in this enzyme,...