"Thymidine Kinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of ATP and thymidine to ADP and thymidine 5'-phosphate. Deoxyuridine can also act as an acceptor and dGTP as a donor. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 2.7.1.21.
| Descriptor ID |
D013937
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Thymidine Kinase- Thymidine Kinase
- Kinase, Thymidine
- Deoxypyrimidine Kinase
- Kinase, Deoxypyrimidine
- Deoxythymidine Kinase
- Kinase, Deoxythymidine
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POLG mutations cause decreased mitochondrial DNA repopulation rates following induced depletion in human fibroblasts. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Mar; 1812(3):321-5.
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