“…For example, the enzymes with pyrophosphohydrolase activity hydrolyze oxidized nucleotides, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2#-(deoxy)guanosine 5#-triphosphate [8-oxo-(d)GTP] from Escherichia coli and human (Maki and Sekiguchi, 1992;Furuichi et al, 1994), NADH from E. coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and human (Frick and Bessman, 1995;Xu et al, 2000;AbdelRaheim et al, 2003), CoA from S. cerevisiae, mice, and Caenorhabditis elegans (Cartwright et al, 2000;Gasmi and McLennan, 2001;AbdelRaheim and McLennan, 2002), ADP-Rib from human, Methanococcus jannaschii, and Synechococcus PCC7002 (Sheikh et al, 1998;Yang et al, 2000;Okuda et al, 2004), and diadenosine polyphosphates (Ap n A; n = 4-5) from C. elegans and Thermus thermophilus (Abdelghany et al, 2001;Iwai et al, 2004). However, the physiological functions of these subfamilies are still unclear, although some characteristics in vivo, such as subcellular distribution, have been determined (Cartwright et al, 2000;AbdelRaheim et al, 2001AbdelRaheim et al, , 2003Gasmi and McLennan, 2001).…”