Molecular and structural characterization of NADPH-dependent D-glycerate dehydrogenase from the enteric parasitic protist Entamoeba histolytica

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 729-736

  Ali, Vahab ^a   Shigeta, Yasuo ^a,b   Nozaki, Tomoyoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic protist; Cysteine biosynthesis; Entamoeba histolytica; Gluconeogenesis; Glycerate dehydrogenase; Serine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

GENE ENCODING;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CYSTEINE; GLYCERIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; NUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SERINE;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GLYCERIC ACIDS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADP; PHYLOGENY; PYRUVATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0242721300     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030630     Document Type: Article

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