A substrate specific functional polymorphism of human gamma-glutamyl hydrolase alters catalytic activity and methotrexate polyglutamate accumulation in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells.

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We found a significant inverse relationship between gamma-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH) activity and the accumulation of long-chain methotrexate polyglutamates (MTXPG4-7) in non-hyperdiploid B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) cells after uniform treatment with high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) (1 g/m i.v.). To identify genetic polymorphisms that alter the function of human GGH, we sequenced the GGH exons of...

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