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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2014

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of pyridoxal kinase from Plasmodium falciparum (PfPdxK).

Thales Kronenberger, Sergey Lunev, Carsten Wrenger, Matthew R Groves

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Thales KronenbergerUnit for Drug Discovery, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Saõ Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes 1374, Saõ Paulo-SP 05508-000, Brazil.
Sergey LunevDepartment of Drug Design, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
Carsten WrengerUnit for Drug Discovery, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Saõ Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes 1374, Saõ Paulo-SP 05508-000, Brazil.
Matthew R GrovesDepartment of Drug Design, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversity of Groningen · NL

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Abstract

Pyridoxal kinases (PdxK) catalyze the phosphorylation of vitamin B6 precursors. Thus, these enzymes are an essential part of many metabolic processes in all organisms. The protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum (the main causative agent of Malaria tropica) possesses a unique de novo B6-biosynthesis pathway in addition to a interconversion pathway based on the activity of plasmodial PdxK (PfPdxK). The role of PdxK in B6 salvage has prompted previous authors to suggest PdxK as a promising target for structure-based antimalarial drug design. Here, the expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of PfPdxK are reported. PfPdxK crystals have been grown in space group P2₁, with unit-cell parameters a=52.7, b=62.0, c=93.7 Å, β=95°. A data set has been collected to 2 Å resolution and an initial molecular-replacement solution is described.

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Amino Acid SequenceCrystallizationMolecular Sequence DataPlasmodium falciparumProtein Structure, SecondaryProtozoan ProteinsPyridoxal KinaseX-Ray DiffractionProtozoan ProteinsPyridoxal KinasemalariaPlasmodium falciparumpyridoxal kinasevitamin B6 biosynthesis and salvage

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PMID25372829
PMCPMC4231864
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