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Facts about Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase [NADP(+)].
Also involved the degradation of the chemotherapeutic drug 5-fluorouracil. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | DPYD |
| Uniprot: | Q12882 |
| Entrez: | 1806 |

| Belongs to: |
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| dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase family |

DHP; DHPDHASE; dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase [NADP+]; dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; Dihydrothymine dehydrogenase; Dihydrouracil dehydrogenase; DPDMGC132008; EC 1.3.1.2; MGC70799
Mass (kDA):
111.401 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p21.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (97077743..97921059, complement) |
Found in most tissues with greatest activity found in liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Cytoplasm.





PMID: 8083224 by Yokota H., et al. cDNA cloning and chromosome mapping of human dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, an enzyme associated with 5-fluorouracil toxicity and congenital thymine uraciluria.
PMID: 9135003 by Johnson M.R., et al. Structural organization of the human dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene.