Gene Information
Gene NameDHFR
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length187
Protein NamesDihydrofolate reductase (EC 1.5.1.3)
Target Namedihydrofolate reductase
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1292 ( ENSG00000228716 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBP00374
Gene CardDHFR
Uniprot IDP00374
PfamPF00186
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.965674087)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ DHFR ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Dhfr ( ortholog_one2many )
Rat_ Dhfr ( ortholog_one2many )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsTYMS, DHFR2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityWidely expressed in fetal and adult tissues, including throughout the fetal and adult brains and whole blood. Expression is higher in the adult brain than in the fetal brain. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21310276}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1BOZ  (X-ray  2.10A  1DHF  (X-ray  2.30A  1DLR  (X-ray  2.30A  1DLS  (X-ray  2.30A  1DRF  (X-ray  2.00A  1HFP  (X-ray  2.10A  1HFQ  (X-ray  2.10A  1HFR  (X-ray  2.10A  1KMS  (X-ray  1.09A  1KMV  (X-ray  1.05A  1MVS  (X-ray  1.90A  1MVT  (X-ray  1.80A  1OHJ  (X-ray  2.50A  1OHK  (X-ray  2.50A  1PD8  (X-ray  2.10A  1PD9  (X-ray  2.20A  1PDB  (X-ray  2.20A  1S3U  (X-ray  2.50A  1S3V  (X-ray  1.80A  1S3W  (X-ray  1.90A  1U71  (X-ray  2.20A  1U72  (X-ray  1.90A  1YHO  (NMR  2C2S  (X-ray  1.40A  2C2T  (X-ray  1.50A  2DHF  (X-ray  2.30A  2W3A  (X-ray  1.50A  2W3B  (X-ray  1.27A  2W3M  (X-ray  1.60A  3EIG  (X-ray  1.70A  3F8Y  (X-ray  1.45A  3F8Z  (X-ray  2.01A  3F91  (X-ray  1.90A  3FS6  (X-ray  1.23A  3GHC  (X-ray  1.30A  3GHV  (X-ray  1.30A  3GHW  (X-ray  1.24A  3GI2  (X-ray  1.53A  3GYF  (X-ray  1.70A  3L3R  (X-ray  2.00A  3N0H  (X-ray  1.92A  3NTZ  (X-ray  1.35A  3NU0  (X-ray  1.35A  3NXO  (X-ray  1.35A  3NXR  (X-ray  1.35A  3NXT  (X-ray  1.70A  3NXV  (X-ray  1.90A  3NXX  (X-ray  1.35A  3NXY  (X-ray  1.90A  3NZD  (X-ray  1.80A  3OAF  (X-ray  1.70A  3S3V  (X-ray  1.53A  3S7A  (X-ray  1.80A  4DDR  (X-ray  2.05A  4G95  (X-ray  1.35A  4KAK  (X-ray  1.80A  4KBN  (X-ray  1.84A  4KD7  (X-ray  2.72A  4KEB  (X-ray  1.45A  4KFJ  (X-ray  1.76A  4M6J  (X-ray  1.20A  4M6K  (X-ray  1.40A  4M6L  (X-ray  1.70A  4QHV  (X-ray  1.61A  4QJC  (X-ray  1.62A  5HPB  (X-ray  1.65A  5HQY  (X-ray  1.46A  5HQZ  (X-ray  1.46A  5HSR  (X-ray  1.21A  5HSU  (X-ray  1.46A  5HT4  (X-ray  1.60A  5HT5  (X-ray  1.90A  5HUI  (X-ray  1.46A  5HVB  (X-ray  1.60A  5HVE  (X-ray  1.46A  5SD6  (X-ray  2.15A  5SD7  (X-ray  1.80A  5SD8  (X-ray  2.05A  5SD9  (X-ray  2.10A  5SDA  (X-ray  2.45A  5SDB  (X-ray  1.55A  6A7C  (X-ray  2.06A  6A7E  (X-ray  1.85A  6DAV  (X-ray  1.55A  6DE4  (X-ray  2.41A  6VCJ  (X-ray  2.34A  7ESE  (X-ray  1.85A  7XI7  (X-ray  1.65A 
DBSNP rs387906619  rs121913223 
Subcellular location [CC]Mitochondrion {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P00375}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P00375}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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