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6-Thioguanine (Thioguanine; 2-Amino-6-purinethiol) is an anti-leukemia and immunosuppressant agent, acts as an inhibitor of SARS and MERS coronavirus papain-like proteases (PLpros) and also potently inhibits USP2 activity, with IC50s of 25 μM and 40 μM for Plpros and recombinant human USP2, respectively.
6-Thioguanine (Thioguanine; 2-Amino-6-purinethiol) is an anti-leukemia and immunosuppressant agent, acts as an inhibitor of SARS and MERS coronavirus papain-like proteases (PLpros) and also potently inhibits USP2 activity, with IC50s of 25 μM and 40 μM for Plpros and recombinant human USP2, respectively[1]. 6-Thioguanine (Thioguanine) affects the methylation of cytosine residues by purified DNA methyltransferases including human DNMT1 and bacterial HpaII methylase. 6-Thioguanine (Thioguanine) (1 or 3 μM) decreases global cytosine methylation in Jurkat T cells and cytosine methylation in human cells at 3 μM[2]. 6-Thioguanine (Thioguanine) (18.75, 37.50, or 75.00 μM) adversely affects cell viability, but with no effect on LDH or ALT activity[3].
Catalog Number | I046410 |
CAS Number | 154-42-7 |
Synonyms | 2-amino-3,7-dihydropurine-6-thione |
Molecular Formula | C5H5N5S |
Purity | ≥95% |
InChI | InChI=1S/C5H5N5S/c6-5-9-3-2(4(11)10-5)7-1-8-3/h1H,(H4,6,7,8,9,10,11) |
InChIKey | WYWHKKSPHMUBEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
SMILES | C1=NC2=C(N1)C(=S)N=C(N2)N |
Reference | [1]. Chuang SJ, et al. 6-Thioguanine is a noncompetitive and slow binding inhibitor of human deubiquitinating protease USP2. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 15;8(1):3102. [2]. Wang H, et al. 6-Thioguanine perturbs cytosine methylation at the CpG dinucleotide site by DNA methyltransferases in vitro and acts as a DNA demethylating agent in vivo. Biochemistry. 2009 Mar 17;48(10):2290-9. [3]. LaDuke KE, et al. Effects of azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine, and 6-thioguanine on canine primary hepatocytes. Am J Vet Res. 2015 Jul;76(7):649-55. |