Summary

Name UPP2
Full Name Uridine phosphorylase 2
Synonyms UPase 2, UrdPase 2 |
Primary ID O95045
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Type protein
Relations 6
Pathways Nucleotode Salvage
Function Catalyzes the reversible phosphorylytic cleavage of uridine and deoxyuridine to uracil and ribose- or deoxyribose-1-phosphate (PubMed:12849978, PubMed:21855639). The produced molecules are then utilized as carbon and energy sources or in the rescue of pyrimidine bases for nucleotide synthesis (Probable). Shows broad substrate specificity and accepts uridine, deoxyuridine, and thymidine as well as the two pyrimidine nucleoside analogs 5-fluorouridine and 5-fluoro-2(')-deoxyuridine as substrates (PubMed:12849978).

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Regulator Mechanism target score
+ down-regulates quantity img/direct_inhibition.png chemical modification uracil 0.8
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates quantity img/direct_inhibition.png chemical modification 2-deoxy-D-ribofuranose 1-phosphate(2-) 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates quantity img/direct_inhibition.png chemical modification alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate(2-) 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity img/direct-activation.png chemical modification uridine 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity img/direct-activation.png chemical modification 2'-deoxyuridine 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens