Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase
Identifiers
Symbol	DPYD
Entrez	1806
HUGO	3012
OMIM	274270
RefSeq	NM_000110
Other data
EC number	1.3.1.2
Locus	Chr. 1 p22

Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) is an enzyme that is involved in pyrimidine degradation. It is the initial and rate-limiting step in pyrimidine catabolism. It catalyzes the reduction of uracil and thymine. It is also involved in the degradation of the chemotherapeutic drugs 5-fluorouracil and Tegafur-uracil.

[edit] See also

• Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency

[edit] External links

• dpd genotype testing (www.mdl-labs.com)

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v • d • e Metabolism: amino acid metabolism - nucleotide enzymes Purine metabolism Anabolism R5P->IMP: Ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase - Amidophosphoribosyltransferase - Phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase - AIR synthetase (FGAM cyclase) - Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase - Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase - IMP synthase IMP->AMP: Adenylosuccinate synthase - Adenylosuccinate lyase - reverse (AMP deaminase) IMP->GMP: IMP dehydrogenase - GMP synthase - reverse (GMP reductase) Nucleotide salvage Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase - Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase Catabolism Adenosine deaminase - Purine nucleoside phosphorylase - Guanine deaminase - Xanthine oxidase - Urate oxidase Pyrimidine metabolism Anabolism CAD (Carbamoyl phosphate synthase II, Aspartate carbamoyltransferase, Dihydroorotase) Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase - Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase/Uridine monophosphate synthetase CTP synthase Catabolism Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase - Dihydropyrimidinase/DPYS - Beta-ureidopropionase/UPB1 Deoxyribonucleotides Ribonucleotide reductase - Nucleoside-diphosphate kinase - DCMP deaminase - Thymidylate synthase - Dihydrofolate reductase see also disorders, intermediates