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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Identification of Novel Potential Inhibitors of Pteridine Reductase 1 in

Magambo Phillip Kimuda, Dustin Laming, Heinrich C Hoppe, Özlem Tastan Bishop

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Magambo Phillip KimudaResearch Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. pjkanywa@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3911-8359
Dustin LamingDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. dustinlaming89@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2734-0999
Heinrich C HoppeDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. H.Hoppe@ru.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0003-4409-1955
Özlem Tastan BishopResearch Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. o.tastanbishop@ru.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0001-6861-7849
Rhodes University · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa 105267the National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa 116F229
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) is a trypanosomatid multifunctional enzyme that provides a mechanism for escape of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibition. This is because PTR1 can reduce pterins and folates. Trypanosomes require folates and pterins for survival and are unable to synthesize them de novo. Currently there are no anti-folate based Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) chemotherapeutics in use. Thus, successful dual inhibition of

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Drug DiscoveryQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipAmino Acid SequenceBlood-Brain BarrierComputer SimulationDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnzyme InhibitorsHydrogen BondingModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationMolecular StructureOxidoreductasesParasitic Sensitivity TestsPermeabilityTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseTrypanosoma brucei bruceiEnzyme InhibitorsOxidoreductasespteridine reductaseTetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenaseanti-folatesanti-trypanosomal agentsbinding free energyDHFRdynamic residue network analysisHuman African Trypanosomiasisisobologram assaymolecular dynamicspteridine reductase 1PTR1

Identifiers

PMID30609681
PMCPMC6337619
OpenAlexW2901483063

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