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Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase regulates ornithine decarboxylase by production of downstream metabolites.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Dec 2003
Subhi Ahmad L, Diegelman Paula, Porter Carl W, Tang Baiqing, Lu Zichun J, Markham George D, Kruger Warren D
Abstract excerpt
The gene encoding methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP), the initial enzyme in the methionine salvage pathway, is deleted in a variety of human tumors and acts as a tumor suppressor gene in cell culture (Christopher, S. A., Diegelman, P., Porter, C. W., and Kruger, W. D. (2002) Cancer Res. 62, 6639-6644). Overexpression of the polyamine biosynthetic enzyme ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is frequently observed...
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