Purine nucleoside phosphorylase
BE0000250ProteinHumansPNP
Catalyzes the phosphorolytic breakdown of the N-glycosidic bond in the beta-(deoxy)ribonucleoside molecules, with the formation of the corresponding free purine bases and pentose-1-phosphate (PubMed:23438750, PubMed:3029074, PubMed:9305964). It is acted on by 30 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- PNP
- UniProtKB entry
- P00491Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm, cytosol
- Residues / weight
- 289 residues · 32,118 Da
- Also known as
- 2.4.2.1 · Inosine phosphorylase · Inosine-guanosine phosphorylase · NP · PNP
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Purine nucleoside phosphorylase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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