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Thymidine phosphorylase

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Cofactors used

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Pyrimidine Degradation Nucleotide Metabolism · Cytosol

step 5 Irreversible/directional

Thymidine → thymine

Converts Thymidine into Thymine

Notes

Thymidine phosphorylase catalyzes thymidine + Pi ⇌ thymine + 2-deoxyribose 1-phosphate. The reaction also participates in thymidine salvage, depending on metabolite concentrations.

Showing all 1 reactions.

What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

0 entries

No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.

Recent literature

Europe PMC · from cache · sorted by publication date

  1. 1
    Exploring the gut microbiome and metabolomic interactions of antimetabolite drugs to optimize therapy.

    Chen J, Wang Y, Xu L, Li X, Zhao L. · 2026-02-27

    open access unreviewed
  2. 2
    Microbes and medicines: interrelationships between pharmaceuticals and the gut microbiome.

    Al-Btoosh S, Donnelly RF, Kelly SA. · 2025-12-23

    cited 5× open access unreviewed
  3. 3
    Enhanced oral absorption and anti-colorectal cancer efficacy of trifluridine by interfering with both TPase and UPase.

    Wan S, Fan X, Jin P, Wei M, Yang Q, Yu Y, Shao H, Widodo RT, Wu Y, Luo L. · 2026-07-08

    unreviewed
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    2-deoxy-d-ribose: A multifaceted player at the crossroads of cancer metabolism.

    Kersten MC, Witt M, Stiewe T, Gremke N, Taudte RV. · 2026-07-27

    unreviewed
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    Integrative analysis prioritizes proteins associated with renal cell carcinoma and its risk factors.

    Sajal IH, Song AJ, Brown KM, Machiela MJ, Kraft P, Chanock S, Purdue MP, Dutta D. · 2026-07-13

    unreviewed
  9. 9
    2'-Deoxyuridine-promoted infection in <i>Pyricularia oryzae</i> is counteracted by bacterial thymidine phosphorylase.

    Hu H, Maeshima H, Tsukahara R, Ashida A, Kano K, Mishiro-Sato E, Chiba S, Takemoto D, Sato I. · 2026-07-13

    unreviewed
  10. 10
    Interaction of G2019S LRRK2 and metabolic syndrome in a two-hit mouse model of Parkinson's disease: LRRK2-driven systemic depletion of pyrimidine nucleosides.

    Ma Y, Erb ML, Sipple KA, Offerman AV, Niu J, Madaj ZB, Fu Z, Lau KH, Moore DJ. · 2026-07-08

    unreviewed

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