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Details on Person UniProt:Q8K4H1 Afmid

Class:IdReferenceGeneProduct:71190
_chainChangeLogchain:1-305 added on Fri February 6 2015
_displayNameUniProt:Q8K4H1 Afmid
_timestamp2025-02-21 19:08:19
chainchain:1-305
checksum898000A577132A52
commentFUNCTION Catalyzes the hydrolysis of N-formyl-L-kynurenine to L-kynurenine, the second step in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation. Kynurenine may be further oxidized to nicotinic acid, NAD(H) and NADP(H). Required for elimination of toxic metabolites.CATALYTIC ACTIVITY N-formyl-L-kynurenine + H2O = L-kynurenine + formate + H(+)BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES Amino-acid degradation; L-tryptophan degradation via kynurenine pathway; L-kynurenine from L-tryptophan: step 2/2.SUBUNIT Homodimer.SUBCELLULAR LOCATION Predominantly cytosolic. Some fraction is nuclear.ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS Highly expressed in liver. Expressed in kidney. Weakly or not expressed in other tissues.INDUCTION Down-regulated upon IL2-mediated activation. Transcriptional activation correlates with reduced histone acetylation.DOMAIN The main chain amide nitrogen atoms of the second glycine and its adjacent residue in the HGGXW motif define the oxyanion hole, and stabilize the oxyanion that forms during the nucleophilic attack by the catalytic serine during substrate cleavage.PTM The N-terminus is blocked.DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE Mice display sclerosis of kidney glomeruli, possibly due to failures in the elimination of toxic metabolites.MISCELLANEOUS The Afmid gene shares a bidirectional promoter region with Tk1 gene.SIMILARITY Belongs to the kynurenine formamidase family.
descriptionrecommendedName: fullName evidence="1"Kynurenine formamidase shortName evidence="1"KFA shortName evidence="1"KFase ecNumber evidence="1"3.5.1.9 alternativeName: fullName evidence="1"Arylformamidase alternativeName: fullName evidence="1"N-formylkynurenine formamidase shortName evidence="1"FKF
geneNameAfmid
identifierQ8K4H1
isSequenceChangedFALSE
keywordAlternative splicing
Cytoplasm
Direct protein sequencing
Hydrolase
Nucleus
Reference proteome
Tryptophan catabolism
modified[InstanceEdit:217385] Schmidt, EE, 2008-03-27 06:23:53
[InstanceEdit:354386] Schmidt, EE, 2008-06-18 04:45:12
[InstanceEdit:384350] Kanapin, AA, 2008-11-26 14:00:39
[InstanceEdit:392885] Kanapin, AA, 2009-03-09 12:07:18
[InstanceEdit:400710] Schmidt, EE, 2009-03-25 05:33:35
[InstanceEdit:423310] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:435478] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:435871] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:447347] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:525883] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:613449] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:797602] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:937368] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1042053] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1220657] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1300696] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1301627] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1551960] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:1995863] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:2132304] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:2265580] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:2587579] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:5433710] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:5618415] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:5634237] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:5673015] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:9037114] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:9637257] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:9676415] Weiser, JD
[InstanceEdit:9852000] Weiser, Joel, 2023-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9939033] Weiser, Joel, 2025-02-21
nameAfmid
referenceDatabase[ReferenceDatabase:2] UniProt
secondaryIdentifierKFA_MOUSE
B1AQK9
Q80XP3
Q8R1K6
sequenceLength305
species[Species:48892] Mus musculus
(isoformParent)[ReferenceIsoform:218180] UniProt:Q8K4H1-2 Afmid [Mus musculus]
[ReferenceIsoform:411106] UniProt:Q8K4H1-1 Afmid [Mus musculus]
(referenceEntity)[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:71191] kynurenine formamidase [cytosol] [Mus musculus]
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