Abstract

One striking difference in metabolism between humans and many parasites is that the parasites lack the ability to carry out the de novo synthesis of purine nucleotides, and are forced to rely on purine salvage enzymes to recycle purine bases from the host. Thus, these enzymes have been proposed as targets for antiparasite drug design. We are working on the structural analysis of three key parasite purine salvage enzymes.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41RR001209-17
Application #
5222782
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
17
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Publications

Vickers, Chelsea; Liu, Feng; Abe, Kento et al. (2018) Endo-fucoidan hydrolases from glycoside hydrolase family 107 (GH107) display structural and mechanistic similarities to ?-l-fucosidases from GH29. J Biol Chem 293:18296-18308
Nguyen, Phong T; Lai, Jeffrey Y; Lee, Allen T et al. (2018) Noncanonical role for the binding protein in substrate uptake by the MetNI methionine ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) transporter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115:E10596-E10604
Aleman, Fernando; Tzarum, Netanel; Kong, Leopold et al. (2018) Immunogenetic and structural analysis of a class of HCV broadly neutralizing antibodies and their precursors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115:7569-7574
Herrera, Nadia; Maksaev, Grigory; Haswell, Elizabeth S et al. (2018) Elucidating a role for the cytoplasmic domain in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis mechanosensitive channel of large conductance. Sci Rep 8:14566
Lal, Neeraj K; Nagalakshmi, Ugrappa; Hurlburt, Nicholas K et al. (2018) The Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase BIK1 Localizes to the Nucleus and Regulates Defense Hormone Expression during Plant Innate Immunity. Cell Host Microbe 23:485-497.e5
Pluvinage, Benjamin; Grondin, Julie M; Amundsen, Carolyn et al. (2018) Molecular basis of an agarose metabolic pathway acquired by a human intestinal symbiont. Nat Commun 9:1043
Beyerlein, Kenneth R; Jönsson, H Olof; Alonso-Mori, Roberto et al. (2018) Ultrafast nonthermal heating of water initiated by an X-ray Free-Electron Laser. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115:5652-5657
Yoshizawa, Takuya; Ali, Rustam; Jiou, Jenny et al. (2018) Nuclear Import Receptor Inhibits Phase Separation of FUS through Binding to Multiple Sites. Cell 173:693-705.e22
Niedzialkowska, Ewa; Mruga?a, Beata; Rugor, Agnieszka et al. (2017) Optimization of overexpression of a chaperone protein of steroid C25 dehydrogenase for biochemical and biophysical characterization. Protein Expr Purif 134:47-62
Tzarum, Netanel; de Vries, Robert P; Peng, Wenjie et al. (2017) The 150-Loop Restricts the Host Specificity of Human H10N8 Influenza Virus. Cell Rep 19:235-245

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