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  • Maier, A.G.; Braks, J.A.; Waters, A.P.; Cowman, A.F.
    Negative selection using yeast cytosine deaminase/uracil phosphoribosyl transferase in Plasmodium falciparum for targeted gene deletion by double crossover recombination (2006), Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 150, 118-121.
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Cloned(Commentary)

EC Number Cloned (Comment) Organism
3.5.4.1 expression of the chimeric mutant cytosine deaminase/uracil phosphoribosyl transferase in Plasmodium falciparum, negative selection with 5-fluorocytosine Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Protein Variants

EC Number Protein Variants Comment Organism
3.5.4.1 additional information construction of a chimeric bifuntional enzyme comprising cytosine deaminase and uracil phosphoribosyl transferase activities, overview Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
3.5.4.1 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
3.5.4.1 5-fluorocytosine + H2O reaction of cytosine deaminase, the uracil phosphoribosyl transferase part in a chimeric bifunctional enzyme converts 5-fluorouracil into 5-fluoro-UMP, which is a precursor for the cell toxic 5-fluoro-UTP, used for negative selection of transgenic Plasmodium falciparum parasites Saccharomyces cerevisiae 5-fluorouracil + NH3
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Synonyms

EC Number Synonyms Comment Organism
3.5.4.1 cytosine deaminase
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae