The crystal structure of trypanothione reductase from the human pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi at 2.3 Å resolution

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-61

  Zhang, Yihong ^a,c   Bond, Charles S ^a   Bailey, Susan ^a,d   Cunningham, Mark L ^b   Fairlamb, Alan H ^b   Hunter, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NIAID   (United States)

^d DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disulfide oxidoreductase; FAD; Glutathione reductase; NADPH; Trypanosomiasis; Trypanothione reductase; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRYPANOTHIONE;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DISULFIDES; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NADP; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030045604     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050107     Document Type: Article

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