| ncRNA Symbol: | CAD | | Full Name: | carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 2, aspartate transcarbamylase, and dihydroorotase | | Category: | mRNA | | Synonyms: | CDG1Z|EIEE50|GATD4 | | Chromosome: | chr2 | | Strand: | + | | Coordinate: | | Start Site(bp): | 27217390 | End Site(bp): | 27243943 | | | Gene Summary: | The de novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides is required for mammalian cells to proliferate. This gene encodes a trifunctional protein which is associated with the enzymatic activities of the first 3 enzymes in the 6-step pathway of pyrimidine biosynthesis: carbamoylphosphate synthetase (CPS II), aspartate transcarbamoylase, and dihydroorotase. This protein is regulated by the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, which indicates a direct link between activation of the MAPK cascade and de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015] | | External Links: | |
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