Deoxycytidine kinase

DCK
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesDCK, entrez:1633, deoxycytidine kinase
External IDsOMIM: 125450; MGI: 102726; HomoloGene: 616; GeneCards: DCK; OMA:DCK - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000788

NM_007832

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000779

NP_031858

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 70.99 – 71.03 MbChr 5: 88.91 – 88.93 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) is an enzyme which is encoded by the DCK gene in humans.[5] dCK predominantly phosphorylates deoxycytidine (dC) and converts dC into deoxycytidine monophosphate. dCK catalyzes one of the initial steps in the nucleoside salvage pathway[6] and has the potential to phosphorylate other preformed nucleosides, specifically deoxyadenosine (dA) and deoxyguanosine (dG), and convert them into their monophosphate forms.[7] There has been recent biomedical research interest in investigating dCK's potential as a therapeutic target for different types of cancer.[6][7][8]

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  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: DCK deoxycytidine kinase".
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