Transsulfuration is an active pathway for cysteine biosynthesis in Trypanosoma rangeli

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Romero, Ibeth ^a   Téllez, Jair ^a   Yamanaka, Lais Eiko ^a   Steindel, Mario ^a   Romanha, Alvaro José ^a,b   Grisard, Edmundo Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defence; Cystathionine synthase; Cysteine biosynthesis; Cysteine synthase; T. rangeli; Thiol metabolism

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; LYSINE; TRYPANOTHIONE; 1,2-BIS(DECANOYLTHIO)-1,2-DIDEOXYGLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHORYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE VIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SULFURATION; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 84899913919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-197     Document Type: Article

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