Description
Product Characteristics: bisphosphate 3'-nucleotidase, 3'(2'), 5'-bisphosphate nucleotidase 1, PIP, BPntase, PAP-inositol-1,4-phosphatase
Target Information: BPNT1, also called bisphosphate 3-prime-nucleotidase, or BPntase, is a member of a magnesium-dependent phosphomonoesterase family. Lithium, a major drug used to treat manic depression, acts as an uncompetitive inhibitor of BPntase. The predicted human protein is 92% identical to mouse BPntase. BPntase's physiologic role in nucleotide metabolism may be regulated by inositol signaling pathways. The inhibition of human BPntase may account for lithium-induced nephrotoxicity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]