Effect of the glutathione/glutathione disulfide redox couple on thiopurine methyltransferase

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 707-714

  Lysaaa, Roy A ^a   Warren, David J ^b   Sylte, Ingebrigt ^a   Aarbakke, Jarle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Modulation; Redox; Thiol disulfide exchange; Thiopurine methyltransferase; Three dimensional model

Indexed keywords

5,5' DITHIOBIS(2 NITROBENZOIC ACID); GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONJUGATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TITRIMETRY;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; BUFFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0035868918     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(01)00528-7     Document Type: Article

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