Synthesis and enzymology of modified N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-cysteinylglycyl-3,3-dimethylaminopropylamide disulphides as alternative substrates for trypanothione reductase from Trypanosoma cruzi: Part 3

Amino Acids

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-183

  Yuen, C T ^a   Garforth, J ^a   Besheya, T ^a   Jaouhari, R ^a   McKie, J H ^a   Fairlamb, A H ^b   Douglas, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Amino acids; Benzyloxycarbonyl reductase; Glutathione; Hydrocinnamoyl; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLAMINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROPYLAMINE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TRYPANOTHIONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIPEPTIDES; DISULFIDES; GLUTATHIONE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032833860     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01361880     Document Type: Article

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