hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase
noun
hy·po·xan·thine-gua·nine phos·pho·ri·bo·syl·trans·fer·ase
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Medical Definition of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase
: an enzyme that conserves hypoxanthine in the body by limiting its conversion to uric acid and that is lacking in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
— called also hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase