| Protein Name | mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 4597 |
| Gene Symbol | MVD |
| UniProt | P53602 (MVD1_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
131
Total Number of Articles : 100 |
Description |
mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase |
| Gene Summary |
The enzyme mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase catalyzes the conversion of mevalonate pyrophosphate into isopentenyl pyrophosphate in one of the early steps in cholesterol biosynthesis. It decarboxylates and dehydrates its substrate while hydrolyzing ATP. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
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