DnaS

dnaS or dut is a gene involved in DNA replication in Escherichia coli. It encodes dUTP nucleotidohydrolase, an enzyme responsible for catalyzing the conversion of dUTP to dUMP, thereby ensuring that the organism's DNA contains the nucleobase thymine instead of uracil.^[1]

Deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase
Identifiers
Symbol	dut
Alt. symbols	dnaS; ECK3630; JW3615; sof
NCBI gene	948607
UniProt	P06968
Other data
EC number	3.6.1.23
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See also

• DUT, the human version of this gene
• dnaA
• dnaB
• dnaC
• dnaE
• dnaG
• dnaH
• dnaI
• dnaN
• dnaP
• dnaQ
• dnaX
• dnaZ