CTPS2 and lung carcinoma: As illustrated in the heatmaps, pyrimidine metabolic rate–limiting enzymes CAD, CTPS, CTPS2, DHODH, DTYMK, NT5C3, RRM1, RRM2, TK2, TYMS, UCK2, and UCKL1 were upregulated in lung cancer tissues (Fig. 2).