Aspartate aminotransferase - Bridging carbohydrate and energy metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum

Current Drug Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 332-336

  Wrenger, Carsten ^a   Müller, Ingrid B ^b   Silber, Ariel M ^a   Jordanova, Rositsa ^c   Lamzin, Victor S ^c   Groves, Matthew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; Carbohydrate metabolism; Energy metabolism; Malarial parasite

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; ATOVAQUONE; FUMARIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; OXALOACETIC ACID; PROGUANIL; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLYCOLYSIS; MALARIA; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 84860516470     PISSN: 13892002     EISSN: 18755453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920012799320400     Document Type: Article

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