Mercaptopurine (6-MP)
Selleck Chemicals
SKU:S1305-50MG
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Mercaptopurine (6-MP) is an inhibitor of DNA/RNA Synthesis and Transferases used in studies of DNA Damage Response and Metabolic Signaling. It is especially relevant when investigators need a named chemical input and interpretable readouts connected to checkpoint activation, DNA repair, and genome-stability control and metabolic regulation, energy sensing, and enzyme-linked homeostasis in cancer, dna damage / repair, and metabolism models.
By inhibiting DNA/RNA Synthesis and Transferases, Mercaptopurine (6-MP) can be used to examine checkpoint activation, DNA repair, and genome-stability control and metabolic regulation, energy sensing, and enzyme-linked homeostasis. The enzyme annotation adds relevance to enzyme-activity assays, substrate-conversion studies, and mechanism profiling, together with downstream-response mapping in the same experimental setting. In cancer, dna damage / repair, and metabolism models, these readouts can be combined with viability, reporter, localization, biochemical conversion, or morphology endpoints to refine experimental interpretation.
Research Applications
- Target-focused assays involving DNA/RNA Synthesis and Transferases
- Pathway perturbation studies connected to DNA Damage Response and Metabolic Signaling
- Concentration-response inhibition and target-dependence studies
- Enzyme-activity assays, substrate-conversion studies, and mechanism profiling
Overall, Mercaptopurine (6-MP) is appropriate when a defined chemical perturbant is needed to connect DNA/RNA Synthesis and Transferases with measurable biochemical, transcriptional, electrophysiological, imaging, or phenotypic readouts in cancer, dna damage / repair, and metabolism models. This profile is suited to mechanistic follow-up, comparative profiling, and assay optimization under defined exposure conditions.
- Targets:
- DNA/RNA Synthesis • Transferases
- Target Class:
- Enzyme
- Pathways:
- DNA Damage Response • Metabolic Signaling
- Research Area:
- Cancer • DNA Damage / Repair • Metabolism
- CAS No.:
- 50-44-2
- Molecular Weight:
- 152.18
- Formula:
- C₅H₄N₄S
- SMILES:
- C1=NC2=C(N1)C(=S)N=CN2
- InChIKey:
- GLVAUDGFNGKCSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem:
- 667490
- Storage Temperature:
- -20°C
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