"Thymidylate Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the reaction 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate and dUMP to dihydrofolate and dTMP in the synthesis of thymidine triphosphate. (From Dorland, 27th ed) EC 2.1.1.45.
| Descriptor ID |
D013940
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.555.500.862
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| Concept/Terms |
Thymidylate Synthase- Thymidylate Synthase
- Synthase, Thymidylate
- Thymidylate Synthetase
- Synthetase, Thymidylate
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