Molecular approaches for structural characterization of Bothrops l-amino acid oxidases with antiprotozoal activity: cDNA cloning, comparative sequence analysis, and molecular modeling

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 302-306

  França, Suzelei C ^a   Kashima, Simone ^a   Roberto, Patrícia G ^a   Marins, Mozart ^a   Ticli, Fábio K ^b   Pereira, José Odair ^c   Astolfi Filho, Spartaco ^c   Stábeli, Rodrigo G ^d   Magro, Angelo J ^e   Fontes, Marcos R M ^e   Sampaio, Suely V ^b   Soares, Andreimar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cloning; Molecular characterization; Parasiticide activities; Phylogenetic analysis; Three dimensional modeling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SNAKE VENOM;

AGKISTRODON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTHROPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AGKISTRODON; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; BOTHROPS MOOJENI; CALLOSELASMA RHODOSTOMA; TRIMERESURUS;

EID: 33847231606     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.217     Document Type: Article

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