Gluconeogenesis in Leishmania mexicana: Contribution of glycerol kinase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, and pyruvate phosphate dikinase

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 32989-33000

  Rodriguez Contreras, Dayana ^a   Hamilton, Nicklas ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLATION; ENZYMES; GLYCEROL; MAMMALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CURRENT MODELING; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCEROL KINASE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAMMALIAN CELLS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE; PYRUVATE PHOSPHATE DIKINASE; TRYPANOSOMATIDS;

METABOLISM;

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; LACTIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PYRUVATE PHOSPHATE DIKINASE; PYRUVIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL KINASE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRUVATE, ORTHOPHOSPHATE DIKINASE;

EID: 84911446390     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.569434     Document Type: Article

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