Characterization of a Trypanosoma cruzi acetyltransferase: cellular location, activity and structure

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-131

  Ochaya, Stephen ^a   Respuela, Patricia ^b   Simonsson, Maria ^c   Saraswathi, Abhiman ^a   Branche, Carole ^a,d   Lee, Jennifer ^a,e   Búa, Jacqueline ^f   Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Åslund, Lena ^b   Bontempi, Esteban J ^a,f   Andersson, Björn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetyltransferase; Autoacetylation; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; PROTEIN AT1; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33847346093     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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