Glutathione synthetase from Plasmodium falciparum

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 363, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 833-838

  Meierjohann, Svenja ^a   Walter, Rolf D ^a   Müller, Sylke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Glutathione synthesis; Malaria; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; OXIDATION;

PARASITES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; GLYCINE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0036566055     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3630833     Document Type: Article

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