dpyd-1

Caenorhabditis elegans

Predicted to enable NADP binding activity; dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity; and uracil binding activity. Predicted to be involved in thymidine catabolic process; thymine catabolic process; and uracil catabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia; dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency; and gallbladder cancer. Is an ortholog of human DPYD (dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase).