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UCK1 uridine-cytidine kinase 1

Gene ID: 83549, updated on 19-Sep-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: URK1

Summary

This gene encodes a uridine-cytidine kinase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of uridine and cytidine to uridine monophosphate (UMP) and cytidine monophosphate (CMP) but not the phosphorylation of deoxyribonucleosides or purine ribonucleosides. This enzyme can also phosphorylate uridine and cytidine analogs and uses both ATP and GTP as a phosphate donor. Alternative splicing results in multiple splice variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012]

Genomic context

Location:
9q34.13
Sequence:
Chromosome: 9; NC_000009.12 (131523801..131531263, complement)
Total number of exons:
8

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