| Description | 693 amino acids; 76 kDa;there are two variant forms of human GMP synthetase; homodimerization; GMP synthetase contains two functional domains: a glutamine amidotransferase (glutaminase domain, with a conserved Cys-His-Glu triad), responsible for glutamine hydrolysis, and a synthetase domain; responsible for ATP hydrolysis and GMP formation |
| Expression | higher in proliferating, transformed cells than in nontransformed cells; in normal cells, higher expression in fibroblasts, followed by bone marrow, leukocytes, erythrocytes, placenta, and liver |
| Localisation | cytoplasmic |
| Function | enzyme of the de novo synthesis of guanine nucleotides: amidotransferase that catalyzes the amination of xanthosine 5 prime monophosphate to form GMP in the presence of ATP and glutamine; GTP is also involved in many enzymatic reactions important for cell division. |
| Human GMP synthetase. |
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| The crystal structure of GMP synthetase reveals a novel catalytic triad and is a structural paradigm for two enzyme families. |
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| t(3;11)(q25;q23) fuses MLL with the GMPS (guanosine 5'-monophosphate synthetase) gene in treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML). |
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