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Burka [1]
3 years ago
14

Explain why the patient with the lowest levels of the tpmt enzyme has the greatest number of side effects when exposed to a drug

containing a thiopurine.
Biology
1 answer:
vitfil [10]3 years ago
8 0
TPMT enzyme stands for Thiopurine methyltransferase<span> or </span><span>thiopurine S-methyltransferase. It is an enzyme that metabolizes thiopurine drugs. 

Patients with the lowest level of the tpmt enzyme has the greatest number of side effects when exposed to a drug containing a thiopurine because it can't totally metabolize the thiopurine drug and there are more excess thiopurine in the body than normal. </span>
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