UPB1

UPB1
Identifiers
AliasesUPB1, BUP1, beta-ureidopropionase 1
External IDsOMIM: 606673; MGI: 2143535; HomoloGene: 9471; GeneCards: UPB1; OMA:UPB1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016327

NM_133995

RefSeq (protein)

NP_057411

NP_598756

Location (UCSC)Chr 22: 24.49 – 24.53 MbChr 10: 75.24 – 75.28 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Beta-ureidopropionase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UPB1 gene.[5][6]

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the CN hydrolase family. Beta-ureidopropionase catalyzes the last step in the pyrimidine degradation pathway. The pyrimidine bases uracil and thymine are degraded via the consecutive action of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DHPDH), dihydropyrimidinase (DHP) and beta-ureidopropionase (UP) to beta-alanine and beta-aminoisobutyric acid, respectively. UP deficiencies are associated with N-carbamyl-beta-amino aciduria and may lead to abnormalities in neurological activity.[6]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000100024Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000033427Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Vreken P, van Kuilenburg AB, Hamajima N, Meinsma R, van Lenthe H, Gohlich-Ratmann G, Assmann BE, Wevers RA, van Gennip AH (Dec 1999). "cDNA cloning, genomic structure and chromosomal localization of the human BUP-1 gene encoding beta-ureidopropionase". Biochim Biophys Acta. 1447 (2–3): 251–7. doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(99)00182-7. PMID 10542323.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: UPB1 ureidopropionase, beta".