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General description of the gene and the encoded protein(s) using information from HGNC and Ensembl, as well as predictions made by the Human Protein Atlas project.
Gene namei
Official gene symbol, which is typically a short form of the gene name, according to HGNC.
Assigned HPA protein class(es) for the encoded protein(s).
Disease related genes Enzymes Human disease related genes Metabolic proteins Plasma proteins Potential drug targets
Predicted locationi
All transcripts of all genes have been analyzed regarding the location(s) of corresponding protein based on prediction methods for signal peptides and transmembrane regions.
Genes with at least one transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, according to prediction methods or to UniProt location data, have been further annotated and classified with the aim to determine if the corresponding protein(s) are secreted or actually retained in intracellular locations or membrane-attached.
Remaining genes, with no transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, will be assigned the prediction-based location(s).
The annotated location overrules the predicted location, so that a gene encoding a predicted secreted protein that has been annotated as intracellular will have intracellular as the final location.
Gene information from Ensembl and Entrez, as well as links to available gene identifiers are displayed here. Information was retrieved from Ensembl if not indicated otherwise.
Chromosome
12
Cytoband
q13.3
Chromosome location (bp)
57229573 - 57234935
Number of transcriptsi
Number of protein-coding transcripts from the gene as defined by Ensembl.
Useful information about the protein provided by UniProt.
Catalyzes the cleavage of serine to glycine accompanied with the production of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate, an essential intermediate for purine biosynthesis 1,2,3,4. Serine provides the major source of folate one-carbon in cells by catalyzing the transfer of one carbon from serine to tetrahydrofolate 5. Contributes to the de novo mitochondrial thymidylate biosynthesis pathway via its role in glycine and tetrahydrofolate metabolism: thymidylate biosynthesis is required to prevent uracil accumulation in mtDNA 6. Also required for mitochondrial translation by producing 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate; 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate providing methyl donors to produce the taurinomethyluridine base at the wobble position of some mitochondrial tRNAs 7,8. Associates with mitochondrial DNA 9. In addition to its role in mitochondria, also plays a role in the deubiquitination of target proteins as component of the BRISC complex: required for IFNAR1 deubiquitination by the BRISC complex 10....show less
Molecular function (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins due to their particular molecular function.
Transferase
Biological process (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins because they are involved in a particular biological process.
One-carbon metabolism
Ligand (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins because they bind, are associated with, or whose activity is dependent of some molecule.
Pyridoxal phosphate
Gene summary (Entrez)i
Useful information about the gene from Entrez
This gene encodes the mitochondrial form of a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the reversible reaction of serine and tetrahydrofolate to glycine and 5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate. The encoded product is primarily responsible for glycine synthesis. The activity of the encoded protein has been suggested to be the primary source of intracellular glycine. The gene which encodes the cytosolic form of this enzyme is located on chromosome 17. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]...show less
PROTEIN INFORMATIONi
The protein information section displays alternative protein-coding transcripts (splice variants) encoded by this gene according to the Ensembl database.
The Splice variant identifier links to the Ensembl website protein summary for the selected splice variant. The data in the Swissprot and TrEMBL columns links to corresponding pages in the UniProt database.
The protein classes assigned to this protein are shown if expanding the data in the protein class column. Parent protein classes are in bold font and subclasses are listed under the parent class.
The length of the protein (amino acid residues according to Ensembl), molecular mass (kDalton), predicted signal peptide and number of predicted transmembrane region(s) according to in-house majority decision methods based on sets of predictors are also reported.
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Disease related genes Potential drug targets Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Disease related genes Potential drug targets Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Disease related genes Potential drug targets Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Disease related genes Potential drug targets Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Metabolic proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003824[catalytic activity] GO:0004372[glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0015630[microtubule cytoskeleton] GO:0019264[glycine biosynthetic process from serine] GO:0030170[pyridoxal phosphate binding] GO:0035999[tetrahydrofolate interconversion]
Metabolic proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Metabolic proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003824[catalytic activity] GO:0004372[glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0015630[microtubule cytoskeleton] GO:0019264[glycine biosynthetic process from serine] GO:0030170[pyridoxal phosphate binding] GO:0035999[tetrahydrofolate interconversion]
Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003824[catalytic activity] GO:0004372[glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity] GO:0006730[one-carbon metabolic process] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0019264[glycine biosynthetic process from serine] GO:0030170[pyridoxal phosphate binding] GO:0035999[tetrahydrofolate interconversion]
Metabolic proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003824[catalytic activity] GO:0004372[glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0015630[microtubule cytoskeleton] GO:0019264[glycine biosynthetic process from serine] GO:0030170[pyridoxal phosphate binding] GO:0035999[tetrahydrofolate interconversion]
Metabolic proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003824[catalytic activity] GO:0004372[glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0015630[microtubule cytoskeleton] GO:0019264[glycine biosynthetic process from serine] GO:0030170[pyridoxal phosphate binding] GO:0035999[tetrahydrofolate interconversion]
Metabolic proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003824[catalytic activity] GO:0004372[glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0015630[microtubule cytoskeleton] GO:0019264[glycine biosynthetic process from serine] GO:0030170[pyridoxal phosphate binding] GO:0035999[tetrahydrofolate interconversion]
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Disease related genes Potential drug targets Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Metabolic proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003824[catalytic activity] GO:0004372[glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity] GO:0006730[one-carbon metabolic process] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0019264[glycine biosynthetic process from serine] GO:0030170[pyridoxal phosphate binding] GO:0035999[tetrahydrofolate interconversion]
Metabolic proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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