Localisation of Plasmodium falciparum uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase of the heme-biosynthetic pathway in the apicoplast and characterisation of its catalytic properties

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 559-568

  Nagaraj, Viswanathan Arun ^a   Arumugam, Rajavel ^a   Chandra, Nagasuma R ^a   Prasad, Dasari ^a   Rangarajan, Pundi N ^a   Padmanaban, Govindarajan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Catalytic efficiency; Heme; Plasmodium falciparum; Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase; Weak dimer

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BLOOD; CATALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMINID; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PLASTID; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RECOMBINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; HEME; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

HEME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 59749094634     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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