The product of this reaction, phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP), provides the ribose sugar in de novo synthesis of purines and pyrimidines, used in the nucleotide bases that form RNA and DNA.
The product of this reaction provides the ribose sugar in de novo synthesis of purines and pyrimidines. De novo synthesis of purines and pyrimidines is used in the nucleotide bases. These nucleotide bases form RNA and DNA. The product of this reaction is phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP).