MonophosphateSynthesisPyrimidinesMetabolismRibonucleotidesNucleicNucleosidesCytosineUracilIntracellularDegradationPhosphate groupsDeoxyribonucleosideBiosynthesis of purinesDeoxyriboseXanthineInhibitorsDiphosphatePhosphodiester bondCatabolismGuanine nucleotideCompoundsSalvageAnaloguesBasesLinked to the riboseNovoCellularNitrogenous baseCytidine triphosphateNucleoside triphosphatesDeoxyguanosine TriphosphateMoleculeDGTPSpecificityEnzymesPolymersHeterocyclicHydroxyl groupDeficiency
Monophosphate14
- GDP, guanosine-5'-diphosphate, and GMP, guanosine-5'-monophosphate) is an essential energy donor in various biological processes (eg protein synthesis and gluconeogenesis) and secures several vital regulatory functions in the human body. (bvsalud.org)
- As for the nitrogenous base (or nucleobase) component, the common bases are adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and uracil (U). Depending on the number of phosphates that make up the compound, the ribonucleotide may be designated as monophosphate (having only one phosphate group), diphosphate (having two phosphate groups), and triphosphate (having three phosphate groups). (biologyonline.com)
- Purines, such as adenine and guanine nucleotides, are derived from the nucleotide inosine monophosphate (IMP) since purines are synthesized as ribonucleotides and not as free nucleobases (as opposed to pyrimidines that are synthesized first as a free base). (biologyonline.com)
- IMP is then converted into either adenosine monophosphate (AMP) or guanosine monophosphate (GMP). (biologyonline.com)
- Specifically, the ITPase catalyzes the hydrolysis of (deoxy) nucleoside triphosphates into the corresponding nucleoside monophosphate with the concomitant release of pyrophosphate. (ectrx.org)
- The de novo pathway generates inosine monophosphate (IMP), which is the precursor of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP). (lecturio.com)
- Synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides also follows different reactions, producing uridine monophosphate (UMP), which is converted to uridine triphosphate (UTP) and cytidine triphosphate (CTP). (lecturio.com)
- Guanosine Monophosphate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) . (uchicago.edu)
- This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Guanosine Monophosphate" by people in this website by year, and whether "Guanosine Monophosphate" was a major or minor topic of these publications. (uchicago.edu)
- Below are the most recent publications written about "Guanosine Monophosphate" by people in Profiles. (uchicago.edu)
- Ribahep (Ribavirin) triphosphate (RTP) is a potent competitive inhibitor of inosine monophosphate (IMP) dehydrogenase, viral RNA polymerase and messenger RNA (mRNA) guanylyltransferase (viral) and can be incorporated into RNA in RNA viral species. (heethealthcare.net)
- Cellcept 500 mg or Mycophenolic acid acts by blocking purine synthesis of human lymphocytes through reversible inhibition of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase. (medeasy.health)
- Host inosine-5'- monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) involved in the synthesis of guanine nucleotides, is known to be a potential target to inhibit the replication of viruses. (biomedcentral.com)
- These are nucleotides consisting of a purine base linked to a ribose to which one monophosphate group is attached. (ecmdb.ca)
Synthesis18
- The combination of increased synthesis and decreased utilization of purines leads to high levels of uric acid production. (wikipedia.org)
- Some may also have macrocytic anemia due to the faulty DNA synthesis, most likely due to deficient purine synthesis that leads to a lag of cell division with respect to increases in cell mass. (wikipedia.org)
- Such agents are commonly classified according to the respective mechanisms of action, such as calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporin A, tacrolimus), inhibitors of purine synthesis (mycophenolate mofetil/mycophenolic acid and azathioprine), mechanistic target of rapamycin inhibitors (sirolimus and everolimus), and biologic drugs (belatacept). (ectrx.org)
- Purine nucleotide synthesis follows a series of reactions using carbon donors, amino acids (e.g., glutamine, aspartate), and bicarbonate. (lecturio.com)
- Purine synthesis is regulated in the 1st 2 steps. (lecturio.com)
- These diverse effects result in a marked reduction of intracellular guanosine triphosphate (GTP) pools and inhibition of viral RNA and protein synthesis. (heethealthcare.net)
- Growing evidences support that inhibition of IMPDH decreases intracellular levels of guanosine nucleotides in DNA or RNA synthesis, thereby indirectly inhibits virus replication which requires host guanine nucleotides as raw materials [ 10 , 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Guanine is an essential component of guanosine triphosphate (GTP), a molecule used in protein synthesis. (difference.wiki)
- MZB has a very specific mechanism of action on the lymphocytes that inhibits their proliferation without interfering with purine synthesis in other cell types. (hindawi.com)
- 4. Kalckar, H.M. The enzymatic synthesis of purine ribosides. (qmul.ac.uk)
- Purine synthesis requires the 2 THF , which are reduced from dihydrofolate by dihydrofolate reductase . (amboss.com)
- This purine nucleotide synthesis pathway is associated with significantly less energy consumption than de novo synthesis. (amboss.com)
- De-novo synthesis of Pyrimidines (Uracil, Thymine & Cytosine) Biosynthesis of pyrimidines is simple than that of purines. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines are derived either from dietary ingestion of purine-containing compounds or by de novo synthesis. (tuiasi.ro)
- Unlike purine synthesis, pyrimidines are synthesized as bases and latter it is added to ribose sugar, i.e., the ring is completed before being it is linked to ribose-5-phosphate. (tuiasi.ro)
- An antimetabolite that is converted to deoxyuridine triphosphate during DNA synthesis. (targetmol.com)
- It interferes with nucleic acid synthesis by inhibiting purine metabolism and is used, usually in. (targetmol.com)
- We report RNA-catalysed RNA synthesis on structured templates when using trinucleotide triphosphates (triplets) as substrates, catalysed by a general and accurate triplet polymerase ribozyme that emerged from in vitro evolution as a mutualistic RNA heterodimer. (elifesciences.org)
Pyrimidines28
- As for pyrimidines such as uracil and cytosine nucleotides, the biosynthesis involves a series of steps that begins in the formation of carbamoyl phosphate . (biologyonline.com)
- The importance of the Krebs cycle lies in both the efficiency with which it captures energy released from nutrient molecules and stores it in a usable form, and in the raw materials it provides for the biosynthesis of certain amino acids and of purines and pyrimidines. (encyclopedia.com)
- Pyrimidines are the nucleotide bases of deoxyribonu-cleic acid (DNA). (encyclopedia.com)
- Purines and pyrimidines are heterocyclic aromatic compounds, which, along with sugar and phosphate groups, form the important components of nucleotides. (lecturio.com)
- Purines include adenine and guanine, while pyrimidines include thymine (in DNA), uracil (in RNA), and cytosine. (lecturio.com)
- Degradation of nucleotides result in xanthine then uric acid production in purines, while pyrimidines produce the amino acids, β-alanine, and β-aminobutyrate. (lecturio.com)
- Nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids include adenine and guanine (called purines) and cytosine, uracil, or thymine (called pyrimidines). (rainis.pics)
- The purines and pyrimidines are nucleotides which form the building blocks of nucleic acids. (web.app)
- What is the difference between purines and pyrimidines. (web.app)
- Defects in the metabolism of purines and pyrimidines are not wellknown in the general hospital. (web.app)
- Defects in the metabolism of purines and pyrimidines. (web.app)
- Pyrimidines and purines, first isolated from hydrolysates of nucleic acids 18741900, were identified using classical methods of organic chemistry see table 11. (web.app)
- The nitrogen-containing bases belong to two families of compounds: the purines and the pyrimidines. (pharmacy180.com)
- There are mainly two groups of nitrogenous bases as purines and pyrimidines. (tuiasi.ro)
- The purines and pyrimidines are well suited to their roles as the informational molecules of the cell. (tuiasi.ro)
- Nucleotide Metabolism is an important issue in medical studies and therefore you can learn in this biochemistry article everything about purine & pyrimidines. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines and pyrimidines Last updated: November 5, 2020. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines and Pyrimidines Panel, U. Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching. (tuiasi.ro)
- 1.Pyrimidines have a six-member nitrogen-containing ring while purine consists of five-membered plus six-membered nitrogen-containing rings that are stuck together. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines and pyrimidines are essential building blocks of DNA, RNA, and compounds involved in cellular energy transfer and biosynthetic reactions (e.g., adenosine triphosphate, ATP). (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines and Pyrimidines Quiz. (tuiasi.ro)
- Catabolism of purines and pyrimidines occurs in a less useful fashion than did the catabolism of amino acids in that we do not derive any significant amount of energy from the catabolism of purines and pyrimidines. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines and pyrimidines make up the two gatherings of nitrogenous bases, including the two gatherings of nucleotide bases. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines have two carbon-nitrogen rings and pyrimidines have one carbon-hydrogen ring. (tuiasi.ro)
- In DNA and RNA, these bases form hydrogen bonds with their complementary purines.Thus, in DNA, the purines adenine (A) and guanine (G) pair up with the pyrimidines thymine (T) and cytosine (C), respectively. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines and pyrimidines both are made up of the aromatic ring having carbon and nitrogen in it. (tuiasi.ro)
- Purines and pyrimidines are an important ingredient of the DNA along with the phosphate and the pentose sugar. (tuiasi.ro)
- Nitrogenous bases can be further classified as pyrimidines or purines. (onelovefilm.com)
Metabolism12
- In conclusion, targeting purine biosynthesis provides an opportunity to perturb PCa metabolism and enhance tumour suppressive stress responses. (oncotarget.com)
- Xanthosine 5-triphosphate is an intermediate of the Purine metabolism pathway, a substrate of the enzymes dinucleoside tetraphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.17) and nucleoside-triphosphate pyrophosphatase (EC 3.6.1.19). (ecmdb.ca)
- 6.Apart from being involved in the replication process, it acts as a metabolite in certain biological processes, including purine metabolism and thioguanine action pathways. (excedr.com)
- Biochemical pathway of purine metabolism. (medscape.com)
- For example, disorders of purine metabolism lead to increased amounts of uric acid in blood and can result in gout . (amboss.com)
- Multiple choice questions chemistry and metabolism of nucleotides solved 1 which statement best describes xanthine. (web.app)
- Learn metabolism 4 purine pyrimidine with free interactive flashcards. (web.app)
- A number of disorders of purine metabolism lead to immunodeficiency. (web.app)
- Inborn errors of purine and pyrimidine metabolism have been documented in 14 different disorders, representing a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. (web.app)
- Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism rebecca s. (web.app)
- Evaluate and monitor patients with purine and pyrimidine metabolism disorders. (tuiasi.ro)
- URIC ACID FORMATION In humans uric acid is the final oxidation (breakdown) product of purine metabolism. (tuiasi.ro)
Ribonucleotides4
- A blood thiopurine metabolite assay revealed low 6-thioguanine nucleotides (6-TGN) level and a dramatically increased 6-methylmercaptopurine ribonucleotides (6-MMPN) level, together with an unfavourable [6-MMPN:6-TGN] metabolite ratio and a high TPMT activity. (bvsalud.org)
- Nucleotides that contain ribose are called ribonucleotides and are found in RNA. (rainis.pics)
- Catabolism of purinespurine nucleotide degradation refers to a regulated series of reactionsby which purine ribonucleotides and deoxyribonucleotides are degradedto uric acid in humans. (web.app)
- It is a matter of fact that two of the four deoxyribonucleotides and two of the four ribonucleotides, the particular building-squares of DNA and RNA, are purines. (tuiasi.ro)
Nucleic8
- A nucleotide is regarded as the basic building block of nucleic acid s (e.g. (biologyonline.com)
- Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides, organic molecules composed of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. (lecturio.com)
- Adenine is one of the two purine bases used in forming nucleotides of the nucleic acids. (difference.wiki)
- MZB inhibits the de novo purine biosynthesis of purines, but unlike azathioprine (AZT), it is not incorporated into nucleic acids in the cell. (hindawi.com)
- Note: The phosphate groups are responsible for the negative charges associated with nucleotides and cause DNA and RNA to be referred to as "nucleic acids. (pharmacy180.com)
- Nucleotides are molecular building blocks or subunits of nucleic acids such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). (tuiasi.ro)
- Three parts of a nucleotide - a building block of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) DNA and RNA are polymers. (onelovefilm.com)
- To conclude, nucleotides are important as they form the building blocks of nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA. (onelovefilm.com)
Nucleosides4
- D) Nucleotides are found in DNA, while nucleosides are found in RNA. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- Furthermore, nucleosides are good anticancer and antiviral substances while nucleotides are building blocks of DNA and RNA and some are energy molecules. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- However, nucleosides are also important in medicine since they have antica… Other parts like the sugar molecules and nitrogenous bases are common to both, nucleotide and nucleoside. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- B. Examples of the numbering systems for purine- and pyrimidinecontaining nucleosides. (pharmacy180.com)
Cytosine3
- adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). In the nucleotides of DNA and RNA, normally there is a one phosphate group. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), variation in a genetic sequence that affects only one of the basic building blocks-adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), or cytosine (C)-in a segment of a DNA molecule and that occurs in more than 1 percent of a population. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- Both DNA and RNA contain the same purine bases: adenine (A) and guanine (G). Both DNA and RNA contain the pyrimidine cytosine (C), but they differ in their second pyrimidine base: DNA contains thymine (T), whereas RNA contains uracil (U). T and U differ in that only T has a methyl group (Figure 22.1). (pharmacy180.com)
Uracil4
- Uracil nucleotides were similarly effective potentiators of O2- formation as the corresponding adenine nucleotides. (uni-regensburg.de)
- The first nucleotide is always a uracil. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- A purine base, C5H5N5, that is the constituent involved in base pairing with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA. (difference.wiki)
- Rna is single stranded pairs uracil with adenine and has ribose sugar in its nucleotides. (onelovefilm.com)
Intracellular3
- These data suggest that DXG triphosphate may be the active intracellular metabolite, consistent with the mechanism by which other nucleoside analogues inhibit HIV-1 replication. (neb.com)
- There is an intracellular accumulation of their deoxy triphosphate compounds, particularly deoxyguanosine triphosphate (dGTP). (medilib.ir)
- Antithrombotic activities of ferulic acid via intracellular cyclic nucleotide signaling. (uchicago.edu)
Degradation1
- The related immunodeficiency, adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, which also affects purine degradation, is discussed separately. (medilib.ir)
Phosphate groups3
- Deoxyguanosine triphosphate (dGTP) is a nucleotide with a purine base (guanine), deoxyribose sugar, and three phosphate groups. (excedr.com)
- The addition of one or more phosphate groups to a nucleoside produces a nucleotide. (pharmacy180.com)
- Each nitrogenous base in a nucleotide is attached to a sugar molecule, which is attached to one or more phosphate groups. (onelovefilm.com)
Deoxyribonucleoside2
- How does a deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate differ from a nucleotide? (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- The term nucleotide refers to the building blocks of DNA (deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate, dNTP) and RNA (ribonucleoside triphosphate, NTP). (rainis.pics)
Biosynthesis of purines1
- In humans, the biosynthesis of purines occurs in the cytosol of the liver cell. (biologyonline.com)
Deoxyribose5
- Based on the pentose sugar component, the nucleotide may either be a ribose or a deoxyribose . (biologyonline.com)
- Nucleotides with a ribose sugar make up the RNA whereas those with a deoxyribose make up the DNA molecule. (biologyonline.com)
- There are two sugars found in nucleotides: deoxyribose and ribose (Figure 2.128). (rainis.pics)
- Nucleotides that contain deoxyribose are called deoxyribonucleotides and are the forms found in DNA. (rainis.pics)
- This nucleotide contains the five-carbon sugar deoxyribose (at center), a nucleobase called adenine (upper right), and one phosphate group (left). (onelovefilm.com)
Xanthine2
- The base of XTP, xanthine, bears a keto group instead of an amino group at C2 of the purine rings. (ecmdb.ca)
- It is also a substrate for Xanthine triphosphatase, which is a phosphatase that hydrolyzes non-canonical purine nucleotides such as XTP and ITP to their respective diphosphate derivatives. (ecmdb.ca)
Inhibitors4
- There's no additional purification step in the process and all the impurities (such as pyrophosphates and modified nucleotides) and PCR inhibitors (for example, deoxynucleoside tetraphosphate) are eliminated. (excedr.com)
- 6. Nucleoside and nucleotide inhibitors are competitive substrate inhibitors that mimic the structure of a normal nucleotide but lack the 3′ hydroxyl group needed for the addition of the next nucleotide for DNA elongation. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- Beta-D-1',3'-Dioxolane guanosine (DXG) and 2,6-diaminopurine (DAPD) dioxolanyl nucleoside analogues have been reported to be potent inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). (neb.com)
- Categories of cell mutant selections purine biosynthesis, salvage pathways, and inhibitors. (web.app)
Diphosphate2
- Eventually, uridine diphosphate (UDP) and uridine triphosphate (UTP) are produced down the biosynthetic pathway by kinases and dephosphorylation of ATPs. (biologyonline.com)
- If a second or third phosphate is added to the nucleoside, a nucleoside diphosphate (for example, adenosine diphosphate [ADP] or triphosphate (for example, adenosine triphosphate [ATP]) results (Figure 22.4). (pharmacy180.com)
Phosphodiester bond3
- Each of the deoxynucleoside triphosphates, including dGTP, forms a phosphodiester bond to form new strands of DNA, using DNA polymerase enzyme and energy. (excedr.com)
- This leads to the formation of a phosphodiester bond between two nucleotides. (excedr.com)
- A polynucleotide is a chain of more than 20 nucleotides joined by a phosphodiester bond. (onelovefilm.com)
Catabolism1
- Biosynthesis and catabolism of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides. (web.app)
Guanine nucleotide3
- Neutrophil nucleotide receptors are coupled to guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins. (uni-regensburg.de)
- A guanine nucleotide containing one phosphate group esterified to the sugar moiety and found widely in nature. (uchicago.edu)
- A guanine nucleotide containing one phosphate group which is esterified to the sugar moiety in both the 3'- and 5'-positions. (uchicago.edu)
Compounds2
- belongs to the class of organic compounds known as purine ribonucleoside triphosphates. (ecmdb.ca)
- It requires an extra purification step after the production of the nucleotide to eliminate impurities and trace compounds like PPi, deoxynucleoside diphosphates, and other ionic compounds, such as acetic acid. (excedr.com)
Salvage4
- Two genetic defects of the purine salvage pathway account for two immunodeficiencies that result in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). (medscape.com)
- PNP is an enzyme in the purine salvage pathway that metabolizes inosine and guanosine to hypoxanthine. (medscape.com)
- Mar 25, 2016 prpp purine nucleotides pyrimidine nucleotides denovo and salvage pathways. (web.app)
- This gene encodes the protein PNP, one of the ubiquitous enzymes involved in the purine salvage pathway [ 31 ]. (medilib.ir)
Analogues2
- Nucleoside and nucleotide analogues can be used in therapeutic drugs, include a range of antiviral products used to prevent viral replication in infected cells. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- When recombinant or clinical variants of HIV-1 were used to assess the efficacy of the purine nucleoside analogues against drug-resistant HIV-1, it was observed that AZT-resistant virus remained sensitive to DXG and DAPD. (neb.com)
Bases2
- 2. Nitrogenous bases and the pentose sugars of a nucleoside are same as in the nucleotide. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- Adenine and guanine are the two purine bases. (tuiasi.ro)
Linked to the ribose1
- These are purine ribobucleotides with a triphosphate group linked to the ribose moiety. (ecmdb.ca)
Novo1
- In this study, we report that in PCa cells de novo purine biosynthesis and the subsequent conversion to XMP is tightly regulated by MYC and independent of AR activity. (oncotarget.com)
Cellular4
- Treatment with MPA led to a significant reduction in cellular guanosine triphosphate (GTP) levels accompanied by nucleolar stress and p53 stabilization. (oncotarget.com)
- The Krebs cycle is part of the aerobic degradative process in eukaryotes known as cellular respiration, which is a process that generates adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by oxidizing energy-rich fuel molecules. (encyclopedia.com)
- Recent studies were pioneered in host purine metabolic pathway, a conserved process responsible for providing host cells with a ready supply of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) for critical cellular processes [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- lt;p>The antiviral drug favipiravir (FVP), which is a structural analogue of guanosine, undergoes chemical transformation in infected cells by cellular enzymes into a nucleotide form favipiravir ribose triphosphate (FVPRTP). (crie.ru)
Nitrogenous base4
- The fundamental structure of a nucleotide is a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and phosphate group(s). (biologyonline.com)
- Nucleotide = Carbon sugar + Nitrogenous Base + Phosphate. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- Nucleotide: Nucleotide is composed of a nitrogenous base, sugar and a phosphate group. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
- What Are the Three Components of a Nucleotide June 21st, 2018 - The three components of a nucleotide are the nitrogenous base the five carbon sugar and the phosphate group In turn''RNA STRUCTURE Life Sciences Cyberbridge 6 / 9 You know that a nucleotide is differentiated from a nucleoside by one phosphate group. (onelovefilm.com)
Cytidine triphosphate1
- UTP can be converted into cytidine triphosphate (CTP) by amination of UTP via the enzyme CTP synthetase . (biologyonline.com)
Nucleoside triphosphates1
- We hypothesized that unexplained increases in nucleoside triphosphates (NTP) observed by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) after treatment of tumours by DNA-damaging agents were related to chemotherapy-induced up-regulation of the bcl-2 gene and DNA damage prevention and repair processes. (ucy.ac.cy)
Deoxyguanosine Triphosphate2
- What Is Deoxyguanosine Triphosphate (dGTP)? (excedr.com)
- dGTP is also referred to using the names 2′-deoxyguanosine-5′-triphosphate, 2′-deoxyguanosine triphosphate, and deoxy-GTP. (excedr.com)
Molecule4
- Adenine is a component of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule involved in energy transfer. (difference.wiki)
- In a DNA molecule, a pyrimidine base always pairs with a purine base. (tuiasi.ro)
- 14. Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is the energy molecule that most life on Earth relies upon to store and transfer energy between reactions. (onelovefilm.com)
- A nucleotide is an organic molecule that is the building block of DNA and RNA. (onelovefilm.com)
DGTP6
- In this article, we will cover the functions of dGTP, how it performs those functions, its structural characteristics, and how it is different from GTP (guanosine triphosphate). (excedr.com)
- dGTP is a nucleoside triphosphate having extensive roles and uses in organisms and in vitro lab workflows. (excedr.com)
- In purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency, similar changes occur, resulting in elevated deoxy-GTP (dGTP) levels. (medscape.com)
- In both adenosine deaminase and purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiencies, thymocytes are thought to be selectively destroyed because of elevated levels of dATP and dGTP. (medscape.com)
- [ 3 ] The immune deficiency in purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency may be the result of inhibited mitochondrial DNA repair due to the accumulation of dGTP in the mitochondria. (medscape.com)
- dGTP is one of the guanosine nucleotides which is highly susceptible to oxidative damage to 8-O-GDP, 8-O-dGTP, 8-O-GTP, and 8-O-dGTP. (targetmol.com)
Specificity1
- Our results suggest that purine and pyrimidine nucleotides act via nucleotide receptors, the nucleotide specificity of which is different from nucleotide receptors in other cell types. (uni-regensburg.de)
Enzymes2
- 6,7 Inosine triphosphate pyrophosphates (ITPases) represent a ubiquitous group of protective enzymes encoded by the ITPA gene and function to prevent the incorporation of noncanonical (so-called rogue) purine nucleotides into DNA and RNA. (ectrx.org)
- Note: The presence of an unusual base in a nucleotide sequence may aid in its recognition by specific enzymes or protect it from being degraded by nucleases. (pharmacy180.com)
Polymers1
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are nucleotide polymers. (paragonlockandsafe.com)
Heterocyclic2
Hydroxyl group1
- The 5' phosphate group of dGMP joins with the 3' hydroxyl group of the nucleotide of the growing chain. (excedr.com)
Deficiency5
- Purine nueoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency causes a form of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) characterized by profound T cell deficiency, failure to thrive (FTT), recurrent deep seeded infection, developmental delay, progressive neurological deterioration, and autoimmune complications. (medscape.com)
- [ 1 , 2 ] One disorder is adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, which is Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) subject number 102700, and the other is purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency, which is OMIM subject number 164050. (medscape.com)
- In a further description of the mechanism of T-cell depletion in purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency, Arpaia et al reported increased in vivo apoptosis of T cells and increased in vitro sensitivity to gamma irradiation in a murine model. (medscape.com)
- INTRODUCTION - Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency (MIM #613179) is a rare, autosomal recessive, inborn error of immunity (IEI) [ 1-3 ]. (medilib.ir)
- The latter is toxic to T cells, a property similar to deoxyadenosine triphosphate in ADA deficiency [ 32-34 ]. (medilib.ir)