Biology:Cytidine deaminase

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Cytidine deaminase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CDA gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes an enzyme involved in pyrimidine salvaging. The encoded protein forms a homotetramer that catalyzes the irreversible hydrolytic deamination of cytidine and deoxycytidine to uridine and deoxyuridine, respectively. It is one of several deaminases responsible for maintaining the cellular pyrimidine pool. Mutations in this gene are associated with decreased sensitivity to the cytosine nucleoside analogue cytosine arabinoside used in the treatment of certain childhood leukemias.[3] Most cytidine deaminases act on RNA, and the few that act on DNA require ssDNA.[4]

A related activation-induced (cytidine) deaminase (AID) regulates antibody diversification, especially the process of somatic hypermutation.

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References

  1. "Cloning of a functional cDNA for human cytidine deaminase (CDD) and its use as a marker of monocyte/macrophage differentiation". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 190 (1): 1–7. January 1993. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1993.1001. PMID 8422236. 
  2. "Isolation and characterization of the gene coding for human cytidine deaminase". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression 1443 (3): 323–33. December 1998. doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(98)00235-8. PMID 9878810. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: CDA cytidine deaminase". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=978. 
  4. "Programmable editing of a target base in genomic DNA without double-stranded DNA cleavage". Nature 533 (7603): 420–4. May 2016. doi:10.1038/nature17946. PMID 27096365. Bibcode2016Natur.533..420K. 

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P32320 (Cytidine deaminase) at the PDBe-KB.