A three-dimensional structure of Plasmodium falciparum serine hydroxymethyltransferase in complex with glycine and 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate. Homology modeling and molecular dynamics

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  França, Tanos C C ^a   Pascutti, Pedro G ^b   Ramalho, Teodorico C ^a   Figueroa Villar, José D ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Homology modeling; Malaria; Molecular dynamics; pfSHMT; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17444427080     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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