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  • Wei, K.; Huber, B.E.
    Cytosine deaminase gene as a positive selection marker (1996), J. Biol. Chem., 271, 3812-3816.
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Application

EC Number Application Comment Organism
3.5.4.1 medicine new approach to chemotherapy of cancer, using substrate 5-fluorocytosine orally and enzyme capsules implanted locally, using conversion of product 5-fluorouracil, a potent antineoplastic substance, which is strongly toxic for mammalian cells as chemotherapeutic tool against tumors, enzyme/prodrug gene therapy, artificial gene composed for metastatic colorectal carcinoma Escherichia coli

Cloned(Commentary)

EC Number Cloned (Comment) Organism
3.5.4.1 therapeutic CDase gene for human metastatic colorectal carcinoma Escherichia coli

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

EC Number Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
3.5.4.1 cytosine + H2O Escherichia coli
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uracil + NH3
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Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
3.5.4.1 Escherichia coli
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
3.5.4.1 cytosine + H2O
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Escherichia coli uracil + NH3
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