Application | Comment | Organism |
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medicine | the use of azothioprine and mercaptopurine is limited by toxicity, especially myelosuppression, which is related to activity of the enzyme thiopurine S-methyltransferase | Homo sapiens |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a thiopurine | Homo sapiens | - |
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a thiopurine S-methylether | - |
? |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Homo sapiens | - |
- |
- |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
blood | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
erythrocyte | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 6-mercaptopurine | - |
Homo sapiens | S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 6-methylmercaptopurine | - |
? | |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a thiopurine | - |
Homo sapiens | S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a thiopurine S-methylether | - |
? | |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + azathioprine | azathioprine is converted via a non-enzymatic reaction to mercaptopurine, which is subsequently metabolized through TPMT | Homo sapiens | S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 6-methylmercaptopurine + ? | - |
? |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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thiopurine S-methyltransferase | - |
Homo sapiens |
TPMT | - |
Homo sapiens |