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Literature summary for 3.5.4.1 extracted from

  • 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

Application Comment Organism
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)

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

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

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

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

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