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Staining of U-2 OS FUCCI cells, to characterize the cell cycle dependency of the protein expression pattern. The FUCCI cells, Fluorescence Ubiquitination Cell Cycle Indicator, are cells tagged with different fluorescent proteins fused to two different cell cycle regulators Cdt1 (expressed in G1 phase) and Geminin (expressed in S and G2 phases) that allows cell cycle monitoring. When both proteins are present, the overlay of the images appear in yellow marking the G1/S transition. GCH1 is mostly expressed at the G1/S checkpoint, and during S and/or G2.
CELL CYCLE
Summary
Expression has cell cycle dependency according to custom assay
Intensity variation
Nucleoplasm
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
GCH1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
DYT14, DYT5, DYT5a, GCH, GTPCH1
Description
GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the GTP cyclohydrolase family. The encoded protein is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) biosynthesis, catalyzing the conversion of GTP into 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate. BH4 is an essential cofactor required by aromatic amino acid hydroxylases as well as nitric oxide synthases. Mutations in this gene are associated with malignant hyperphenylalaninemia and dopa-responsive dystonia. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described; however, not all variants give rise to a functional enzyme. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]