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MTHFR [cytosol]
Stable Identifier
R-HSA-200663
Type
Protein [EntityWithAccessionedSequence]
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
cytosol
Synonyms
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
Locations in the PathwayBrowser
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Metabolism (Homo sapiens)
Metabolism of vitamins and cofactors (Homo sapiens)
Metabolism of water-soluble vitamins and cofactors (Homo sapiens)
Metabolism of folate and pterines (Homo sapiens)
MTHFR dimer reduces 5,10-methylene-THFPG to 5-methyl-THFPG (Homo sapiens)
MTHFR dimer [cytosol] (Homo sapiens)
MTHFR [cytosol] (Homo sapiens)
External Reference Information
External Reference
UniProt:P42898 MTHFR
Gene Names
MTHFR
Chain
chain:1-656
Reference Genes
BioGPS Gene:4524 MTHFR
COSMIC - genes:MTHFR MTHFR
CTD Gene:4524 MTHFR
dbSNP Gene:4524 MTHFR
ENSEMBL:ENSG00000177000 MTHFR
HGNC:7436 MTHFR
KEGG:hsa:4524 MTHFR
Monarch:4524 MTHFR
NCBI Gene:4524 MTHFR
OMIM:607093 MTHFR
UCSC:P42898 MTHFR
Reference Transcript
RefSeq:XM_005263462.5 MTHFR
RefSeq:NM_001330358.2 MTHFR
RefSeq:NM_005957.4 MTHFR
RefSeq:XM_047421178.1 MTHFR
Other Identifiers
11727178_x_at
11727179_a_at
16681775
206800_PM_at
206800_at
217070_PM_at
217070_at
217071_PM_s_at
217071_s_at
226929_PM_at
226929_at
239035_3p_at
239035_PM_at
239035_at
2396818
2396819
2396820
2396821
2396822
2396824
2396825
2396826
2396827
2396828
2396829
2396830
2396831
2396832
2396833
2396834
2396835
2396836
2396837
2396838
2396839
2396840
2396841
2396842
2396843
2396844
2396845
2396846
2396847
32897_at
4524
56892_at
705_at
7912496
80086_at
84134_at
A_23_P400078
A_23_P400081
A_24_P911255
A_32_P208078
GE81580
GO:0001666
GO:0001843
GO:0003824
GO:0004489
GO:0005515
GO:0005829
GO:0006325
GO:0006520
GO:0006555
GO:0006575
GO:0006790
GO:0009086
GO:0009410
GO:0016491
GO:0033274
GO:0035999
GO:0043200
GO:0044877
GO:0046500
GO:0046653
GO:0050660
GO:0050661
GO:0050667
GO:0051593
GO:0070555
GO:0070828
GO:0071949
GO:0072341
GO:0106313
HMNXSV003042954
HMNXSV003055533
Hs.164243.0.S1_3p_x_at
Hs.214142.1.S1_3p_a_at
Hs.293993.0.S1_3p_at
ILMN_1734830
PH_hs_0009177
PH_hs_0012360
TC01002202.hg
TC01005267.hg
g6631097_3p_at
p33851
Participates
as a component of
MTHFR dimer [cytosol] (Homo sapiens)
Inferred To
Mthfr [cytosol]
(Rattus norvegicus)
mthfr [cytosol]
(Danio rerio)
mthfr [cytosol]
(Xenopus tropicalis)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Bos taurus)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Caenorhabditis elegans)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Canis familiaris)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Dictyostelium discoideum)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Gallus gallus)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Mus musculus)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Schizosaccharomyces pombe)
MTHFR [cytosol]
(Sus scrofa)
Dmel\CG7560 [cytosol]
(Drosophila melanogaster)
Cross References
RefSeq
NP_005948.3
,
XP_047277134.1
,
NP_001317287.1
,
XP_005263519.1
ENSEMBL
ENST00000376583
,
ENST00000376585
,
ENSP00000365770
,
ENST00000376590
,
ENST00000376592
,
ENSP00000365775
,
ENSP00000365767
,
ENSP00000365777
,
ENSG00000177000
OpenTargets
ENSG00000177000
GeneCards
MTHFR
HPA
ENSG00000177000-MTHFR
PRO
P42898
Pharos - Targets
P42898
Orphanet
MTHFR
HMDB Protein
HMDBP00188
PDB
6FCX
,
8QA4
,
8QA6
,
8QA5
Interactors (3)
Accession
#Entities
Entities
Confidence Score
Evidence (IntAct)
UniProt:O60906 SMPD2
1
SMPD2 [plasma membrane]
(R-HSA-194337)
0.564
2
UniProt:P21709 EPHA1
2
p-Y599,Y605-EPHA1 [plasma membrane]
(R-HSA-3928336)
EPHA1 [plasma membrane]
(R-HSA-211415)
0.527
2
UniProt:A0PJW6 TMEM223
1
TMEM223 [mitochondrial inner membrane]
(R-HSA-9865797)
0.527
2
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