Vitamin B6-dependent enzymes in the human malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum: A druggable target?

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kronenberger, Thales ^a   Lindner, Jasmin ^a   Meissner, Kamila A ^a   Zimbres, Flávia M ^a   Coronado, Monika A ^b   Sauer, Frank M ^a   Schettert, Isolmar ^a   Wrenger, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE TRANSAMINASE; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID SYNTHETASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALANINE RACEMASE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; EFLORNITHINE; FOLIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; MALARIA VACCINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PYRIDOXAL; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXAL KINASE; PYRIDOXAMINE; PYRIDOXINE; PYRIDOXINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSE 5 PHOSPHATE; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGABATRIN; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOLATE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALARIA; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84893177418     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/108516     Document Type: Review

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