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Mutations at serine 37 in mouse guanylate kinase confer resistance to 6-thioguanine.
Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS - 1 Apr 2009
Ardiani Andressa, Goyke Amanda, Black Margaret E
Abstract excerpt
Guanylate kinase (GMK) is an essential nucleoside monophosphate kinase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of guanine-monophosphate (GMP) and dGMP to yield GDP and dGDP, respectively, important precursors for nucleotide synthesis. GMK is also responsible for the activation of 6-thioguanine (6-TG), a drug widely used as chemotherapeutic agent to treat leukemia. Several mechanisms of resistance to 6-TG have been...
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