| UniProt functional annotation for P49915 | |||
| UniProt code: P49915. |
| Organism: | Homo sapiens (Human). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. | |
| Function: | Involved in the de novo synthesis of guanine nucleotides which are not only essential for DNA and RNA synthesis, but also provide GTP, which is involved in a number of cellular processes important for cell division. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=ATP + H2O + L-glutamine + XMP = AMP + diphosphate + GMP + 2 H(+) + L-glutamate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11680, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:29985, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:57464, ChEBI:CHEBI:58115, ChEBI:CHEBI:58359, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.3.5.2; | |
| Pathway: | Purine metabolism; GMP biosynthesis; GMP from XMP (L-Gln route): step 1/1. | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23816837}. | |
| Subcellular location: | Cytoplasm. | |
| Disease: | Note=A chromosomal aberration involving GMPS is found in acute myeloid leukemias. Translocation t(3,11)(q25,q23) with KMT2A/MLL1. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.