The novel heme oxygenase-like protein from Plasmodium falciparum converts heme to bilirubin IXα in the apicoplast

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Okada, Ken ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Double barreled enzyme; Ferredoxin; Heme degradation; Heme oxygenase; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; DEFEROXAMINE; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; IRON CHELATING AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENOME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERREDOXINS; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 58149526911     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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