Polyamine metabolism in Leishmania: From arginine to trypanothione

Amino Acids

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-285

  Colotti, Gianni ^a   Ilari, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arginine; Drug targets; Leishmania; Polyamines; Redox metabolism; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CGP 40215A; DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; EFLORNITHINE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; MILTEFOSINE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PENTAMIDINE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MACROPHAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ARGININE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYAMINES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPERMIDINE;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 78751591332     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0630-3     Document Type: Review

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