Functional characterization of stage-specific aminotransferases from trypanosomatids

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-182

  Marciano, Daniela ^a   Maugeri, Dante A ^b   Cazzulo, Juan J ^b   Nowicki, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aminotransferases; PLP dependent enzymes; Trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE PHENYLPYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPIMASTIGOTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSAMINASES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TYROSINE TRANSAMINASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 65649109048     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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