Molecular function

ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase activity

Catalysis of the reaction: D-ribose 5-phosphate + ATP = 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate + AMP + 2 H+.

5-phosphoribose pyrophosphorylase activity, 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate synthetase activity, 5-phosphoribosyl-alpha-1-pyrophosphate synthetase activity, ATP:D-ribose-5-phosphate diphosphotransferase activity, PP-ribose P synthetase activity, PPRibP synthetase activity, PRPP synthetase activity, phosphoribosyl diphosphate synthetase activity, phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase activity, phosphoribosyl-diphosphate synthetase activity, phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthase activity, phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase activity, pyrophosphoribosylphosphate synthetase activity, ribophosphate pyrophosphokinase activity, ribose-5-phosphate pyrophosphokinase activity, ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase activity

Note that this term has a MetaCyc pathway reference as the pathway only has a single step.