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NUDT15: A bench to bedside success story.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Jun 2021
Moyer Ann M
Abstract excerpt
Recently, the enzyme nudix hydrolase 15 (NUDT15) has been identified as an additional component of the thiopurine metabolism pathway. NUDT15 (also known as MTH2) catalyzes the dephosphorylation of 6-thioguanosine triphosphate (6-TGTP) and 6-thio-deoxyguanosine triphosphate (6-TdGTP), which is the active metabolite of thiopurine medications. Thiopurine compounds, which were first synthesized in the 1950s, are...
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