Dihydrofolate reductase
BE0000330ProteinHumansDHFR
Catalyzes the reduction of 7,8-dihydrofolate (DHF) to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate in a NADPH-dependent manner (PubMed:12096917, PubMed:15039552, PubMed:17569517, PubMed:19196009, PubMed:19478082, PubMed:21876184, PubMed:9719595). It is acted on by 39 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- DHFR
- UniProtKB entry
- P00374Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Mitochondrion
- Residues / weight
- 187 residues · 21,453 Da
- Also known as
- 1.5.1.3
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Dihydrofolate reductase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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