PTS

Available structures

Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB

List of PDB id codes
3I2B

Identifiers

Aliases

PTS, Pts, PTPS, 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase, 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase

External IDs

OMIM: 612719 MGI: 1338783 HomoloGene: 268 GeneCards: PTS

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)^[1]

Band	11q23.1	Start	112,226,367 bp^[1]
Band	11q23.1	End	112,269,955 bp^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)

Chr.	Chromosome 9 (mouse)^[2]

Band	9\|9 A5.3	Start	50,521,617 bp^[2]
Band	9\|9 A5.3	End	50,528,724 bp^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

right adrenal gland

right lobe of liver

pons

hypothalamus

superior vestibular nucleus

biceps brachii

vastus lateralis muscle

anterior pituitary

amygdala

thoracic diaphragm

Top expressed in

proximal tubule

corneal stroma

medullary collecting duct

intercostal muscle

Paneth cell

brown adipose tissue

islet of Langerhans

kidney

white adipose tissue

thymus

More reference expression data

BioGPS


More reference expression data

Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding protein homodimerization activity metal ion binding lyase activity 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase activity identical protein binding
Cellular component	cytoplasm cytosol mitochondrion
Biological process	tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthetic process cellular amino acid metabolic process central nervous system development
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


5805


19286

Ensembl


ENSG00000150787


ENSMUSG00000032067

UniProt


Q03393


Q9R1Z7

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_000317


NM_011220

RefSeq (protein)


NP_000308


NP_035350 NP_001351417 NP_001351418 NP_001351419

Location (UCSC)

Chr 11: 112.23 – 112.27 Mb

Chr 9: 50.52 – 50.53 Mb

PubMed search

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Wikidata

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6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase, also known as PTS, is a human gene which facilitates folate biosynthesis.^[5]

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Metabolism of vitamins, coenzymes, and cofactors

Fat soluble vitamins

Vitamin A	Retinol binding protein
Vitamin E	Alpha-tocopherol transfer protein
Vitamin D	liver (Sterol 27-hydroxylase or CYP27A1) renal (25-Hydroxyvitamin D₃ 1-alpha-hydroxylase or CYP27B1) degradation (1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃ 24-hydroxylase or CYP24A1)
Vitamin K	Vitamin K epoxide reductase