Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) is the initial and rate-limiting enzyme in the catabolism of the pyrimidine bases uracil and thymine, as well as of the widely used chemotherapeutic drug 5-fluorouracil (5FU)...
Keywords: dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, DPYD, 5-fluorouracil, pharmacogenetics, pyrimidines, thymine, uracil
04/2005 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter