Protein Summary
Contributes to the de novo mitochondrial thymidylate biosynthesis pathway. Thymidylate synthase catalyzes the methylation of deoxyuridylate to deoxythymidylate using, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate (methylene-THF) as a cofactor. This function maintains the dTMP (thymidine-5-prime monophosphate) pool critical for DNA replication and repair. The enzyme has been of interest as a target for cancer chemotherapeutic agents. It is considered to be the primary site of action for 5-fluorouracil, 5-fluoro-2-prime-deoxyuridine, and some folate analogs. Expression of this gene and that of a naturally occurring antisense transcript, mitochondrial enolase superfamily member 1 (GeneID:55556), vary inversely when cell-growth progresses from late-log to plateau phase. Polymorphisms in this gene may be associated with etiology of neoplasia, including breast cancer, and response to chemotherapy. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]
- ENST00000323224
- ENSP00000314727
- ENSG00000176890
- ENST00000323250
- ENSP00000314902
- ENST00000323274
- ENSP00000315644
- TS
- TS
- TMS
- HST422
Most Knowledge About | Knowledge Value
(0 to 1 scale) | ||
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biological process | 0.97 | ||
co-expressed gene | 0.97 | ||
molecular function | 0.95 | ||
disease | 0.94 | ||
kinase perturbation | 0.93 | ||
Protein Classes
IDG Development Level Summary
These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:
Pubmed score: 1041.94 (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 412 (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 1067 (req: <= 50)
These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:
Pubmed score: 1041.94 (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 412 (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 1067 (req: > 50)
- OR - satisfy the following criterion:
Gene Ontology Terms: 30
Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions
Active Ligands: 306
Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions
Active Drugs: 6