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Facts about GTP cyclohydrolase 1.
May modify pain sensitivity and persistence. Isoform GCH-1 is the functional enzyme, the possible function of the enzymatically inactive isoforms remains unknown.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | GCH1 |
Uniprot: | P30793 |
Entrez: | 2643 |
Belongs to: |
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GTP cyclohydrolase I family |
dystonia 14; DYT14; DYT5; DYT5a; DYT5EC 3.5.4.16; GCH; GCH1; GTP cyclohydrolase 1; GTP cyclohydrolase I; GTPCH1; GTP-CH-1; GTP-CH-I; guanosine 5'-triphosphate cyclohydrolase I; HPABH4B
Mass (kDA):
27.903 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 14q22.2 |
Sequence: | 14; NC_000014.9 (54842005..54902826, complement) |
In epidermis, expressed predominantly in basal undifferentiated keratinocytes and in some but not all melanocytes (at protein level).
Cytoplasm. Nucleus.
PMID: 1520321 by Togari A., et al. Multiple mRNA forms of human GTP cyclohydrolase I.
PMID: 8068008 by Guetlich M., et al. Human GTP cyclohydrolase I: only one out of three cDNA isoforms gives rise to the active enzyme.