UXS1

UDP-glucuronic acid decarboxylase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UXS1 gene.[5][6]

UXS1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesUXS1, SDR6E1, UGD, UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase 1
External IDsOMIM: 609749 MGI: 1915133 HomoloGene: 41609 GeneCards: UXS1
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 2 (human)[1]
Band2q12.2Start106,093,303 bp[1]
End106,194,339 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

80146

67883

Ensembl

ENSG00000115652

ENSMUSG00000057363

UniProt

Q8NBZ7

Q91XL3

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_026430

RefSeq (protein)

NP_080706
NP_001355216
NP_001355217
NP_001355218

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 106.09 – 106.19 MbChr 1: 43.75 – 43.83 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase (UGD; EC 4.1.1.35) catalyzes the formation of UDP-xylose from UDP-glucuronate. UDP-xylose is then used to initiate glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis on the core protein of proteoglycans.[supplied by OMIM][6]

See also


References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000115652 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000057363 - Ensembl, 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. Persson B, Kallberg Y, Bray JE, Bruford E, Dellaporta SL, Favia AD, Duarte RG, Jornvall H, Kavanagh KL, Kedishvili N, Kisiela M, Maser E, Mindnich R, Orchard S, Penning TM, Thornton JM, Adamski J, Oppermann U (Feb 2009). "The SDR (Short-Chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase and Related Enzymes) Nomenclature Initiative". Chem Biol Interact. 178 (1–3): 94–8. doi:10.1016/j.cbi.2008.10.040. PMC 2896744. PMID 19027726.
  6. "Entrez Gene: UXS1 UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase 1".

Further reading

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