Uridine phosphorylase 2
BE0002457ProteinHumansUPP2
Catalyzes the reversible phosphorylytic cleavage of uridine to uracil and ribose-1-phosphate which can then be utilized as carbon and energy sources or in the rescue of pyrimidine bases for nucleotide synthesis (PubMed:12849978, PubMed:21855639). It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- UPP2
- UniProtKB entry
- O95045Swiss-Prot
- Residues / weight
- 317 residues · 35,527 Da
- Also known as
- 2.4.2.3 · UPase 2 · UrdPase 2
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Uridine phosphorylase 2, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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