People suffering from major depressive disorder may have altered purine metabolism, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. Purines are ...

GTP is also a substrate for the synthesis of RNA during transcription. Purine metabolism involves the synthesis and breakdown of purine nucleotides in cells. Disorders of purine metabolism can lead to ...

It challenges previous beliefs about uric acid's role in the disease. This could lead to potential new treatments aimed at improving energy metabolism. Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most ...

So far as is known today, uric acid serves no biochemical function in the body other than being an end product of purine metabolism. The metabolically important purines, adenine and guanine, serve ...

Uric acid results from purine metabolism, and consuming purine-rich foods raises uric acid levels. A high-protein diet is usually high in purines. According to the Arthritis Foundation ...

“These questions pointed us straight to purine metabolism,” said Wahl, associate professor of radiation oncology and neurosurgery. The findings were published in Cancer & Metabolism. Wahl’s ...

"These questions pointed us straight to purine metabolism," said Wahl, associate professor of radiation oncology and neurosurgery. The findings were published in Cancer & Metabolism. Wahl's team ...