{"symbol":"NT5C","synonyms":["DNT1","DNT","UMPH2","CDN","DNT-1","HEL74","P5N2","PN-I"],"name":"5\u0027, 3\u0027-nucleotidase, cytosolic","description":"This gene encodes a nucleotidase that catalyzes the dephosphorylation of the 5\u0027 deoxyribonucleotides (dNTP) and 2\u0027(3\u0027)-dNTP and ribonucleotides, but not 5\u0027 ribonucleotides. Of the different forms of nucleotidases characterized, this enzyme is unique in its preference for 5\u0027-dNTP. It may be one of the enzymes involved in regulating the size of dNTP pools in cells. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":30833,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/30833","proteins":[{"symbol":"NT5C_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/NT5C_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Phosphatases","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Phosphatases"}]}