Deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase dut dUTP pyrophosphatase 160 This enzyme is involved in nucleotide metabolism: it produces dUMP, the immediate precursor of thymidine nucleotides and it decreases the intracellular concentration of dUTP so that uracil cannot be incorporated into DNA (By similarity). Smed_3554 MHRPENRADLTPDLTLVRLSHGEGLDLPAYETAGAAGMDLRAAVPADEPMTIRPGARTLVPTGFVFEIPAGHEGQIRPRSGLAFKHGITCLNTPGTVDSDYRGEVKVLLVNLGSDDFVVERGMRIAQMVIAPVTQMAIREADGASTTARGGGGFGSTGLS DUT_SINMW