======= AFMID ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: AFMID * **Official Name**: arylformamidase * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=125061|125061]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q63HM1|Q63HM1]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=AFMID&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20AFMID|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/621151|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Catalyzes the hydrolysis of N-formyl-L-kynurenine to L- kynurenine, the second step in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation. Kynurenine may be further oxidized to nicotinic acid, NAD(H) and NADP(H). Required for elimination of toxic metabolites. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_03014}. |Abhydrolase 5| |Abhydrolase 3| |arylformamidase activity| |tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine| |de novo NAD biosynthetic process from tryptophan| |de novo NAD biosynthetic process| |tryptophan catabolic process| |indolalkylamine catabolic process| |indole-containing compound catabolic process| |kynurenine metabolic process| |tryptophan metabolic process| |indolalkylamine metabolic process| |cellular biogenic amine catabolic process| |amine catabolic process| |indole-containing compound metabolic process| |benzene-containing compound metabolic process| |aromatic amino acid family catabolic process| |NAD biosynthetic process| |nicotinamide nucleotide biosynthetic process| |pyridine nucleotide biosynthetic process| |nicotinamide nucleotide metabolic process| |pyridine nucleotide metabolic process| |pyridine-containing compound biosynthetic process| |aromatic amino acid family metabolic process| |pyridine-containing compound metabolic process| |oxidoreduction coenzyme metabolic process| |cellular biogenic amine metabolic process| |cellular amine metabolic process| |amine metabolic process| |cellular ketone metabolic process| |alpha-amino acid catabolic process| |cellular amino acid catabolic process| |coenzyme biosynthetic process| |alpha-amino acid metabolic process| |cofactor biosynthetic process| |nucleotide biosynthetic process| |nucleoside phosphate biosynthetic process| |coenzyme metabolic process| |carboxylic acid catabolic process| |organic acid catabolic process| |cellular amino acid metabolic process| |heterocycle catabolic process| |cellular nitrogen compound catabolic process| |small molecule catabolic process| |cofactor metabolic process| |aromatic compound catabolic process| |nucleotide metabolic process| |nucleoside phosphate metabolic process| |organic cyclic compound catabolic process| |organophosphate biosynthetic process| |nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process| |organophosphate metabolic process| |carboxylic acid metabolic process| |oxoacid metabolic process| |organic acid metabolic process| |organonitrogen compound catabolic process| |nucleobase-containing compound biosynthetic process| |heterocycle biosynthetic process| |aromatic compound biosynthetic process| |organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process| |organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |small molecule metabolic process| |organic substance catabolic process| |cellular catabolic process| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. ^Gene^Correlation^ |[[:human genes:h:hgc6.3|HGC6.3]]|0.404| Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 11971 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 5.46 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}