Pyrimidine catabolism

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R-HSA-73621
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Homo sapiens
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In parallel sequences of three reactions each, thymine is converted to beta-aminoisobutyrate and uracil is converted to beta-alanine. Both of these molecules are excreted in human urine and appear to be normal end products of pyrimidine catabolism (Griffith 1986; Webster et al. 2001). Mitochondrial AGXT2, however, can also catalyze the transamination of both molecules with pyruvate, yielding 2-oxoacids that can be metabolized further by reactions of branched-chain amino acid and short-chain fatty acid catabolism (Tamaki et al. 2000). The importance of these reactions in normal human pyrimidine catabolism has not been well worked out.
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PubMed ID Title Journal Year
10989446 Purification, properties, and sequencing of aminoisobutyrate aminotransferases from rat liver

Matsuda, K, Sakata, SF, Tamaki, N

Methods Enzymol 2000
3090932 Beta-amino acids: mammalian metabolism and utility as alpha-amino acid analogues

Griffith, OW

Annu Rev Biochem 1986
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