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Targeted enzyme prodrug therapy for metastatic prostate cancer – a comparative study of L-methioninase, purine nucleoside phosphorylase, and cytosine deaminase

Journal of Biomedical Sciences, 2014
BackgroundEnzyme prodrug therapy shows promise for the treatment of solid tumors, but current approaches lack effective/safe delivery strategies. To address this, we previously developed three enzyme-containing fusion proteins targeted via annexin V to ...
Katrin P. Guillen, C. Kurkjian, R. Harrison   +2 more
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Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency in two unrelated Saudi patients

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2009
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that results in combined immunodeficiency, neurologic dysfunction and autoimmunity.
Alangari Abdullah, Al-Harbi Abdullah, Al-Ghonaium Abdulaziz, Santisteban Ines, Hershfield Michael   +4 more
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Inhibition and Structure of Toxoplasma gondii Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase

Eukaryotic Cell, 2014
The intracellular pathogen Toxoplasma gondii is a purine auxotroph that relies on purine salvage for proliferation. We have optimized T. gondii purine nucleoside phosphorylase (TgPNP) stability and crystallized TgPNP with phosphate and immucillin-H, a ...
T. Donaldson, M. Cassera, M. Ho, C. Zhan, E. Merino, G. Evans, P. Tyler, S. Almo, V. Schramm, Kami Kim   +9 more
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Immunodeficiency and autoimmunity: companions not opposites

The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2022
Autoimmunity has long been regarded as the polar opposite of immunodeficiency, but clinical and experimental evidence refute this notion. Indeed, numerous inborn or acquired immunodeficiency syndromes are characterized by the development of autoimmune ...
David A. Fox
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Effects of Different Packaging on the Purine Content and Key Enzymes of Refrigerated Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)

Foods
In this study, we investigated the effects of air packaging, vacuum packaging and modified atmosphere packaging (CO2/N2: 80/20) on the purine metabolism and enzyme activities of refrigerated large yellow croakers.
Tiansheng Xu, Wenxuan Lu, Bohan Chen, Dapeng Li, Jing Xie   +4 more
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Nucleotide degradation and ribose salvage in yeast

Molecular Systems Biology, 2013
Nucleotide degradation is a universal metabolic capability. Here we combine metabolomics, genetics and biochemistry to characterize the yeast pathway.
Yi‐Fan Xu, Fabien Létisse, Farnaz Absalan, Wenyun Lu, Ekaterina Kuznetsova, Greg Brown, Amy A Caudy, Alexander F Yakunin, James R Broach, Joshua D Rabinowitz   +9 more
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Site-Selective Ribosylation of Fluorescent Nucleobase Analogs Using Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase as a Catalyst: Effects of Point Mutations

Molecules, 2015
Enzymatic ribosylation of fluorescent 8-azapurine derivatives, like 8-azaguanine and 2,6-diamino-8-azapurine, with purine-nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) as a catalyst, leads to N9, N8, and N7-ribosides.
Alicja Stachelska-Wierzchowska, Jacek Wierzchowski, Agnieszka Bzowska, Beata Wielgus-Kutrowska   +3 more
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The clinical diagnostic value of a study of the activity of enzymes of the guanyl branch of purine metabolism in patients with ankylosing spondyloarthritis

Терапевтический архив, 2010
Aim. To assess the diagnosis of the activity of a pathological process in patients with ankylosing spondyloarthritis (AS) and to reveal purine metabolic (PM) changes in relation to the clinical features of AS. Materials and methods.
Aleksandr Borisovich Zborovskiy, Elena Eduardovna Mozgovaya, Vladislav Fedorovich Martem'yanov, Ol'ga Petrovna Slyusar', Mikhail Yur'evich Stazharov, S A Bedina, A B Zborovsky, E E Mozgovaya, V F Martemyanov, O P Slyusar, M Yu Stazharov, S A Bedina   +11 more
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Efficient whole-cell biocatalytic synthesis of 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoroadenosine, a key building block for nucleic acid drugs

Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
2′-Deoxy-2′-fluoroadenosine (2′-F-dA) is a nucleoside analogue used as a key building block for oligonucleotide drugs. It can be biosynthesized from a low-cost 2′-deoxy-2′-fluorouridine via one-pot transglycosylation catalyzed by a thymidine ...
Dandan Feng, Tianshu Zhang, Guan Zhou, Yanli Cao, Quan Luo, Huifang Xu, Xuefeng Lu   +6 more
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An Efficient Chemoenzymatic Process for Preparation of Ribavirin

International Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015
Ribavirin is an important antiviral drug, which is used for treatment of many diseases. The pilot-scale chemoenzymatic process for synthesis of the active pharmaceutical ingredient Ribavirin was developed with 32% overall yield and more than 99.5% purity.
Vladimir Sakharov, Sergey Baykov, Irina Konstantinova, Roman Esipov, Mikhail Dorogov   +4 more
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