Biochemical properties of a novel cysteine protease of Plasmodium vivax, vivapain-4

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Na, Byoung Kuk ^a,b   Bae, Young An ^a   Zo, Young Gun ^a   Choe, Youngchool ^c   Kim, Seon Hee ^a   Desai, Prashant V ^d   Avery, Mitchell A ^e   Craik, Charles S ^c   Kim, Tong Soo ^f   Rosenthal, Philip J ^g   Kong, Yoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^f Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLLEUCYLARGINYL 4 METHYLCOUMARYL 7 AMIDE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLPHENYLARGINYL 4 METHYLCOUMARYL 7 AMIDE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEUCINE; PLASMEPSIN 4; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIVAPAIN 2; VIVAPAIN 3; VIVAPAIN 4; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLASMEPSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; CYTOPLASM; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VACUOLES;

EID: 78449254834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000849     Document Type: Article

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