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ArticleGenetics2006

Analysis of pyrimidine catabolism in Drosophila melanogaster using epistatic interactions with mutations of pyrimidine biosynthesis and beta-alanine metabolism.

John M Rawls

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Article in Genetics, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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John M RawlsMolecular and Cellular Biology Group, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA. jrawls@uky.edu

Funding

ZEBRAFISH VISUAL FUNCTION RECOVERY FOLLOWING OPTIC NERVE DAMAGEP20RR016481 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI BARTON, HAZEL A · 2001 to 2011
$34.8M
NCRR NIH HHS 2 P20 RR-16481NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biochemical pathway for pyrimidine catabolism links the pathways for pyrimidine biosynthesis and salvage with beta-alanine metabolism, providing an array of epistatic interactions with which to analyze mutations of these pathways. Loss-of-function mutations have been identified and characterized for each of the enzymes for pyrimidine catabolism: dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), su(r) mutants; dihydropyrimidinase (DHP), CRMP mutants; beta-alanine synthase (betaAS), pyd3 mutants. For all three genes, mutants are viable and fertile and manifest no obvious phenotypes, aside from a variety of epistatic interactions. Mutations of all three genes disrupt suppression by the rudimentary gain-of-function mutation (r(Su(b))) of the dark cuticle phenotype of black mutants in which beta-alanine pools are diminished; these results confirm that pyrimidines are the major source of beta-alanine in cuticle pigmentation. The truncated wing phenotype of rudimentary mutants is suppressed completely by su(r) mutations and partially by CRMP mutations; however, no suppression is exhibited by pyd3 mutations. Similarly, su(r) mutants are hypersensitive to dietary 5-fluorouracil, CRMP mutants are less sensitive, and pyd3 mutants exhibit wild-type sensitivity. These results are discussed in the context of similar consequences of 5-fluoropyrimidine toxicity and pyrimidine catabolism mutations in humans.

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Epistasis, GeneticMutationAmidohydrolasesAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsbeta-AlanineConserved SequenceDihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)Drosophila melanogasterFemaleFluorouracilHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataAmidohydrolasesbeta-Alaninebeta-ureidopropionasedihydropyrimidinaseDihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)FluorouracilMembrane ProteinsPhosphoproteinsPyrimidinesTJP1 protein, humanZonula Occludens-1 Protein

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PMID16361227
PMCPMC1456268

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