Aspartate carbamoyltransferase of Plasmodium falciparum as a potential drug target for designing anti-malarial chemotherapeutic agents

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2480-2493

  Banerjee, Amit Kumar ^a   Arora, Neelima ^a   Murty, Upadhyayula Surya Narayana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

3D structure; Aspartate carbamoyltransferase; De novo pyrimidine synthesis; Homology modeling; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

3 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 2 (2 PHOSPHONOACETYLAMINO)PROPIONIC ACID; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866399186     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-011-9757-3     Document Type: Article

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