Type: | Family | Name: | AMP deaminase |
Description: | AMP-deaminase (AMPD) is a large, well-conserved eukaryotic protein that converts AMP to IMP and so plays an important role in purine metabolism. In mammalian liver, the reaction catalysed by AMP-deaminase constitutes a rate-limiting step in adenine nucleotide catabolism []. | Short Name: | AMPD |