Entamoeba histolytica thioredoxin reductase: Molecular and functional characterization of its atypical properties

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1820, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1859-1866

  Arias, Diego G ^a   Regner, Erika L ^a   Iglesias, Alberto A ^a   Guerrero, Sergio A ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Entamoeba; Reducing power; S nitrosothiol; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

FERRICYANIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; S NITROSOTHIOL; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; NAD; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; S-NITROSOTHIOLS; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXINS;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84866541085     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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