Biochemical and biophysical properties of a highly active recombinant arginase from Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and subcellular localization of native enzyme

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-111

  da Silva, Edson Roberto ^a   da Silva, Maria Fernanda Laranjeira ^b   Fischer, Hannes ^b   Mortara, Renato A ^c   Mayer, Mario Gustavo ^d   Framesqui, Karine ^b   Silber, Ariel Mariano ^b   Floeter Winter, Lucile Maria ^b  

^a Universidade Luterana do Brasil   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug design; Immunolocalization; Manganese activation; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RECOMBINANT ARGINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LEISHMANIA; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION SCATTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA; MICROBODIES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORNITHINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; UREA;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 43049087440     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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