| EC |
2.7.1.21 |
| Accepted name: |
thymidine kinase |
| Reaction: |
ATP + thymidine = ADP + dTMP |
| Glossary: |
dTMP = thymidine 5′-phosphate |
| Other name(s): |
thymidine kinase (phosphorylating); 2′-deoxythymidine kinase; deoxythymidine kinase (phosphorylating) |
| Systematic name: |
ATP:thymidine 5′-phosphotransferase |
| Comments: |
Deoxyuridine can also act as acceptor, and dGTP can act as a donor. The deoxypyrimidine kinase complex induced by Herpes simplex virus catalyses this reaction as well as those of EC 2.7.1.114 (AMP—thymidine kinase), EC 2.7.1.118 (ADP—thymidine kinase) and EC 2.7.4.9 (dTMP-kinase). |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9002-06-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Falke, D., Labenz, J., Brauer, D. and Muller, W.E.G. Adenosine diphosphate: thymidine 5′-phosphotransferase, a new enzyme activity, associated with the Herpes simplex virus-induced deoxypyrimidine kinase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 708 (1982) 99–103. [DOI] [PMID: 6293576] |
| 2. |
Kizer, D.E. and Holman, L. Purification and properties of thymidine kinase from regenerating rat liver. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 350 (1974) 193–200. [DOI] [PMID: 4407348] |
| 3. |
Okazaki, R. and Kornberg, A. Deoxythymidine kinase of Escherichia coli. I. Purification and some properties of the enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 239 (1964) 269–274. [PMID: 14114853] |
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