Evidence for a trypanothione-dependent peroxidase system in Trypanosoma cruzi

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 767-772

  Lopez, Jorge A ^a   Carvalho, Técia U ^b,c   De Souza, Wanderley ^b,c   Flohé, Leopold ^d   Guerrero, Sergio A ^d,g   Montemartini, Marisa ^e   Kalisz, Henryk M ^e   Nogoceke, Everson ^e,f   Singh, Mahavir ^d,e   Alves, Maria Júlia M ^a   Colli, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Hydroperoxide metabolism; T. cruzi; Trypanothione; Tryparedoxin; Tryparedoxin peroxidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; PEROXIDASE; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPAREDOXIN; TRYPAREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIMASTIGOTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FREE RADICALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NADP; PEROXIDASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034105712     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00159-3     Document Type: Article

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