LOCUS       AAC50440.1               400 aa    PRT              HUM 17-APR-1996
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase protein.
ACCESSION   U49260-1
PROTEIN_ID  AAC50440.1
SOURCE      Homo sapiens (human)
  ORGANISM  Homo sapiens
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
            Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
            Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 1812)
  AUTHORS   Toth,M.J. and Huwyler,L.
  TITLE     Molecular cloning and expression of the cDNAs encoding human and
            yeast mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase
  JOURNAL   J. Biol. Chem. 271 (14), 7895-7898 (1996)
   PUBMED   8626466
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 1812)
  AUTHORS   Toth,M.J.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (15-FEB-1996) Matthew J. Toth, Research-CV, Ciba-Geigy,
            556 Morris Ave, Summit, NJ 07901, USA
FEATURES             Qualifiers
     source          /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000220088"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /tissue_type="liver"
     protein         /gene="MPD"
                     /EC_number="4.1.1.33"
                     /function="cholesterol biosynthesis pathway enzyme"
BEGIN
        1 MASEKPLAAV TCTAPVNIAV IKYWGKRDEE LVLPINSSLS VTLHQDQLKT TTTAVISKDF
       61 TEDRIWLNGR EEDVGQPRLQ ACLREIRCLA RKRRNSRDGD PLPSSLSCKV HVASVNNFPT
      121 AAGLASSAAG YACLAYTLAR VYGVESDLSE VARRGSGSAC RSLYGGFVEW QMGEQADGKD
      181 SIARQVAPES HWPELRVLIL VVSAEKKLTG STVGMRASVE TSPLLRFRAE SVVPARMAEM
      241 ARCIRERDFP SFAQLTMKDS NQFHATCLDT FPPISYLNAI SWRIIHLVHR FNAHHGDTKV
      301 AYTFDAGPNA VIFTLDDTVA EFVAAVWHGF PPGSNGDTFL KGLQVRPAPL SAELQAALAM
      361 EPTPGGVKYI IVTQVGPGPQ ILDDPCAHLL GPDGLPKPAA
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