Title : New insights in dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency: a pivotal role for beta-aminoisobutyric acid?

Pub. Date : 2004 Apr 1

PMID : 14705962






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 DPD (dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase) constitutes the first step of the pyrimidine degradation pathway, in which the pyrimidine bases uracil and thymine are catabolized to beta-alanine and the R-enantiomer of beta-AIB (beta-aminoisobutyric acid) respectively. beta-Alanine dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase Homo sapiens