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ArticleMolecular and biochemical parasitology2013

Structure of the Trypanosoma cruzi protein tyrosine phosphatase TcPTP1, a potential therapeutic target for Chagas' disease.

George T Lountos, Joseph E Tropea, David S Waugh

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Article in Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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George T LountosBasic Science Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. lountosg@mail.nih.gov
Joseph E Tropea
David S Waugh

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Protein Purification CoreZICBC011016 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI TROPEA, JOSEPH · 2009 to 2021
$11.0M
Structural studies of molecular cancer targets and drug developmentZIABC010780 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WAUGH, DAVID S · 2009 to 2013
$1.3M
CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CIntramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010780NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001E
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Abstract

Chagas' disease, a neglected tropical affliction transmitted by the flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is prevalent in Latin America and affects nearly 18 million people worldwide, yet few approved drugs are available to treat the disease. Moreover, the currently available drugs exhibit severe toxicity or are poorly effective in the chronic phase of the disease. This limitation, along with the large population at risk, underscores the urgent need to discover new molecular targets and novel therapeutic agents. Recently, the T. cruzi protein tyrosine phosphatase TcPTP1 has been implicated in the cellular differentiation and infectivity of the parasite and is therefore a promising target for the design of novel anti-parasitic drugs. Here, we report the X-ray crystal structure of TcPTP1 refined to a resolution of 2.18 Å, which provides structural insights into the active site environment that can be used to initiate structure-based drug design efforts to develop specific TcPTP1 inhibitors. Potential strategies to develop such inhibitors are also discussed.

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Catalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesTrypanosoma cruziProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases

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PMID23137716
PMCPMC4197799

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