Hydroxymethyldihydropterin pyrophosphokinase from Plasmodium falciparum complements a folK-knockout mutant in E. coli when expressed as a separate polypeptide detached from dihydropteroate synthase

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-125

  Jönsson, Maria ^a   Swedberg, Göte ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DHPS; Folate biosynthesis; HPPK; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; HYDROXYMETHYLDIHYDROPTERIN PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 13444252397     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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