PURINE METABOLISM

Study of Purine Metabolism

A B S T R A C T A case of xanthinuria is briefly described, and the results of in vivo studies with 4C-labeled oxypurines are discussed. The data demonstrate that the rate of the turnover of uric acid is normal, despite an extremely small uric acid pool. Xanthine and hypoxanthine pools were measured and their metabolism evaluated. The bulk of the daily pool of 276 mg of xanthine, but only 6% of...

Purine and pyrimidine metabolism.

The pathways of purine biosynthesis and degradation have been elucidated during the last 30 years; the regulation of the mechanisms involved is not yet fully understood, particularly with respect to quantitative aspects. Research into inborn errors of purine metabolism has provided valuable insights into purine synthesis and salvage pathways. Nutrition experiments using purine-free formula diet...

Purine metabolism in Trichomonas vaginalis.

The purine metabolism of several genera of parasitic protozoa, is of interest partly due to their sensitivity to purine analogues, and to differences in the enzymes of purine metabolism compared to mammalian systems [l-6]. Trichomonas vaginalis, the causative agent of trichomonal vaginitis, a mild, but very common, sexually-transmitted disease, has not been studied in this respect; there is a g...

Lix. Studies in Purine Metabolism

Metabolism of Purine Nucleoside Analog&

ducing carcinostasis, with tumor cells resistant to thio guanine, has been suggested (9). The aand @9-anomers of 2'-deoxythioguanosine (TGDR) have been shown to be active against ascites tumors having either of two types of resistance to thioguanine (10). The kinases necessary for conversion of these nucleosides to nucleotides were apparently present in the tumor cell lines examined. How ever, ...