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DHPS (NM_013406) - deoxyhypusine synthase

Deoxyhypusine Synthase Isoform B

Mutations Visualisation

Protein summary

This is an alternative isoform of DHPS protein. View all 3 isoforms
DHPS: deoxyhypusine synthase isoform b
Description:

This gene encodes a protein that is required for the formation of hypusine, a unique amino acid formed by the posttranslational modification of only one protein, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A. The encoded protein catalyzes the first step in hypusine formation by transferring the butylamine moiety of spermidine to a specific lysine residue of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A precursor, forming an intermediate deoxyhypusine residue. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2011].

Strand
-
Chromosome
19
Protein
322 residues
All mutations
52
PTM sites
12
CDS
12,786,651 - 12,792,580
Transcription
12,786,530 - 12,792,701
6.21% of sequence is predicted to be disordered

External references

Mappings retrieved from NCBI & UniProt.
RefSeq
Entrez
gene: 1725
UniProt
Ensembl