Application
2′-Deoxyuridine 5′-triphosphate (dUTP) may be used to study the distribution, specificity and kinetics of deoxyuridine 5′-triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase(s) (dUTPase, EC 3.6.1.23). dUTPase are important enzymes that protect cells from the incorporation of dUTP into DNA.dUTP is a component of the TUNEL (terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl-transferase-(TdT)-mediated deoxyuridine-5′-triphosphate- (dUTP) nick-end labeling) test. TUNEL is a common method for detecting DNA fragmentation that results from apoptotic signaling cascades.