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Specifically higher expression in carbon limited chemostat cultures versus carbon excess.
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Revision as of 13:02, 21 February 2007

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Systematic name YPR062W
Gene name FCY1
Aliases yCD
Feature type ORF, Verified
Coordinates Chr XVI:677162..677638


Description of YPR062W: Cytosine deaminase, zinc metalloenzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of cytosine to uracil; of biomedical interest because it also catalyzes the deamination of 5-fluorocytosine (5FC) to form anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil (5FU)[1][2]




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  1. Yao L, et al. (2005) Product release is rate-limiting in the activation of the prodrug 5-fluorocytosine by yeast cytosine deaminase. Biochemistry 44(15):5940-7 SGD PMID 15823054
  2. Erbs P, et al. (1997) Characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae FCY1 gene encoding cytosine deaminase and its homologue FCA1 of Candida albicans. Curr Genet 31(1):1-6 SGD PMID 9000374

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