The enzymatic mechanisms for deoxythymidine synthesis in human leukocytes: IV. Comparisons between normal and leukemic leukocytes

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Abstract

(1) Synthesis of deoxythymidine by either direct transfer of deoxyribosyl to thymine (pyrimidine deoxyribosyltransferase) or by a coupled deoxynucleoside phosphorylase mechanism is approximately twofold greater with normal leukocyte extracts (55 to 88% granulocytes) than with extracts prepared from leukocytes obtained from patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Activities in lymphocytes (normal or leukemic) are one-fifth the activity of normal granulocytes.

Authors

Robert C. Gallo, Seymour Perry