Plasmodium vivax: Collaborative roles for plasmepsin 4 and vivapains in hemoglobin hydrolysis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Moon, Sung Ung ^a   Kang, Jung Mi ^a   Kim, Tong Soo ^b   Kong, Yoon ^c   Sohn, Woon Mok ^a   Na, Byoung Kuk ^a  

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

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Hemoglobin hydrolysis; Plasmepsin 4; Plasmodium vivax; Vivapain

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PEPSTATIN; PLASMEPSIN 4; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIVAPAIN 2; VIVAPAIN 3;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN REFOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 79954421201     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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