| | | Concise_description | ndx-2 encodes a NUDIX hydrolase; by sequence comparison, NDX-2 is predicted to be orthologous to human NUDT5 which, in vitro, possesses ADP-sugar diphosphatase activity; in C. elegans, loss of ndx-2 activity via RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) does not result in any obvious abnormalities, consistent with the proposed nonessential roles for Nudix proteins in eliminating potentially toxic nucleotide metabolites from cells and modulating levels of metabolic intermediates by shuttling them into alternative biochemical pathways. |
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