DTYMK
Encyclopedia
Thymidylate kinase also known as deoxythymidylate kinase or dTMP kinase is an enzyme
that in humans is encoded by the DTYMK gene
. and belongs to thymidylate kinase
family of proteins.
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...
that in humans is encoded by the DTYMK gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
. and belongs to thymidylate kinase
Thymidylate kinase
Thymidylate kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of thymidine 5'-monophosphate to form thymidine 5'-diphosphate in the presence of ATP and magnesium:...
family of proteins.