Pyrimidine and purine salvage deoxyribonucleoside metabolism in hepatic and renal homogenates from rats pretreated with propylthiouracil or L-thyroxine.
: OBJECTIVES: In vitro activities of thymidine kinase (TK, EC 2.7.1.21), adenosine kinase (AK, EC 2.7.1.20) and deoxycytidine kinase (dCK, EC 2.7.1.74) enzymes involved in the salvage pathway of DNA precursor synthesis, in homogenates of the rat liver and kidney, were examined. Type I iodothyronine-5'-deiodinase (5'D-I) is the main enzy.....