Purine nucleoside phosphorylase
BE0001576ProteinMycobacterium tuberculosispunA
The purine nucleoside phosphorylases catalyze 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. It is acted on by 3 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- punA
- UniProtKB entry
- P9WP01Swiss-Prot
- Residues / weight
- 268 residues · 27,571 Da
- Also known as
- 2.4.2.1 · deoD · Inosine phosphorylase · Inosine-guanosine phosphorylase · PNP
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What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which compounds in development act on Purine nucleoside phosphorylase, and which indications are they being tested in?
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