Serine hydroxymethyltransferase from Plasmodium vivax is different in substrate specificity from its homologues

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4023-4036

  Sopitthummakhun, Kittipat ^a   Maenpuen, Somchart ^a   Yuthavong, Yongyuth ^b   Leartsakulpanich, Ubolsree ^b   Chaiyen, Pimchai ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Deoxythymidylate cycle; Folate metabolism; Plasmodium vivax; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALANINE; DEXTRO SERINE; DIMER; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; THREONINE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSOL; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 68149098554     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07111.x     Document Type: Article

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