"Methylthioinosine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
6-(Methylthio)-9-beta-D-ribofuranosylpurine. An analog of inosine with a methylthio group replacing the hydroxyl group in the 6-position.
| Descriptor ID |
D008778
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.759.800.500 D03.633.100.759.590.616.900.500 D13.570.583.616.900.500 D13.570.800.573.900.500 D13.570.900.800.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Methylthioinosine- Methylthioinosine
- 6-Methylmercaptopurine Riboside
- 6 Methylmercaptopurine Riboside
- Riboside, 6-Methylmercaptopurine
- 6-Methylthiopurine Riboside
- 6 Methylthiopurine Riboside
- Riboside, 6-Methylthiopurine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methylthioinosine" by people in Profiles.
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Regulation of purine nucleotide synthesis in human B lymphoblasts with both hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase superactivity. J Biol Chem. 1992 Mar 05; 267(7):4317-21.
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PRPP and purine nucleotide metabolism in human lymphoblasts with both PRPP synthetase superactivity and HGPRT deficiency. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1989; 253B:13-20.
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Inhibition of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthesis in human fibroblasts by 6-methylthioinosinate. J Biol Chem. 1981 Feb 25; 256(4):1839-45.
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Methylmercaptopurine ribonucleoside toxicity in human fibroblasts: inhibition of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase as well as amidophosphoribosyltransferase. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1979; 122B:137-43.