InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Homo sapiens Protein: DDAH1

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-592633.3

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

DDAH1

Protein Name

dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1

Synonyms

DDAH; HEL-S-16;

Species

Homo sapiens

Ensembl Protein

ENSP00000439045

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-100049 (DDAH1)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Hydrolyzes N(G),N(G)-dimethyl-L-arginine (ADMA) and N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (MMA) which act as inhibitors of NOS. Has therefore a role in the regulation of nitric oxide generation.

Subcellular Localization

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Detected in brain, liver, kidney and pancreas, and at low levels in skeletal muscle. {ECO:0000269PubMed:10493931}.

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 4 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.

Experimentally validated
Total	4 [view]
Protein-Protein	3 [view]
Protein-DNA	0
Protein-RNA	1 [view]
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0003824	catalytic activity
GO:0016403	dimethylargininase activity
GO:0016813	hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amidines
GO:0046872	metal ion binding

Biological Process

GO:0000052	citrulline metabolic process
GO:0003073	regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure
GO:0006527	arginine catabolic process
GO:0007263	nitric oxide mediated signal transduction
GO:0045429	positive regulation of nitric oxide biosynthetic process