... POTENTIAL TRYPANOTHIONEREDUCTASE ...enzyme trypanothionereductase (TR) is considered a validated molecular target for the development of new drugs against this ...
... The natural lignans veraguensin and grandisin have been reported to be active against Trypanosoma cruzi bloodstream forms. Aiming at the total synthesis of these and related compounds, we prepared three 2-arylfurans and ...
... With the goal to identify novel trypanothionereductase (TR) inhibitors, we performed a com- bination of in vitro and in silico screening approaches. Starting from a highly diverse com- pound set of 2,816 ...
... The fungus Lentinus strigosus (Pegler 1983) (Polyporaceae, basidiomycete) was selected in a screen for inhibitory activity on Trypanosoma cruzi trypanothionereductase (TR). The crude extract of L. ...
... trypanosome. These include a phenotypic screen that interrogat- ed a library of FDA-approved drugs for anti-trypanosomal activity [16], as well as screens developed to identify inhibitors of essential parasite enzymes. A ...
... Fungal crude extracts active ( 90%) against the recombinant enzyme trypanothione reductase (TryR) and tested against amastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi.. b TryR = recombinant enzyme[r] ...
... Trypanothionereductase (TR) is an essential enzyme specific for the parasitic protozoa of the order ...glutathione/glutathione reductase system is replaced by trypanothione and ...of ...
... DFT calculations, which include the lysine residue near the Cu I Cu IV edge support this model, since the calculations yield a similar SD distribution for the Cu Z cluster (as observed[r] ...
... The plants treated with salicylic acid increased the activity of enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase etc (Mano[r] ...
... NADH-ubiquitin reductase, a marker of the Complex I of respiratory chain activity, and succinate dehydrogenase, key enzyme of the Complex II of respiratory ...NADH-ubiquitin reductase and succinate ...
... Understand the mechanism of electron transfer of cytochromes with few hemes is the starting point for further studies with cytochromes with more heme groups, like[r] ...
... HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) revealed differences between lepidopteran pests and other organisms, which suggested insect HMGR could be a selective insecticide target ...
... drofolate reductase (‘‘MTHFR’’ or ‘‘methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase’’ or Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase AND (NADPH2)) with terms for genetic variations (‘‘polymorphism’’ or ‘‘variation’’ or ...
... Kaplan D, Mayer AM, Lips SH (1978) Nitrite activation of nitrate reductase in higher plants. Planta 138:205-209. Kaplan D, Mayer AM, Lips SH (1979) Effect of cyanide and nitrite on the activity of nitrate ...
... Sulphate reducing bacteria of the Desulfovibrio genus are able to use a large diversity of inorganic compounds as electron acceptors ( 1 ). Although considered for many years as strict anaerobes, several Desulfovibrio ...
... Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don, Apocynaceae, is an immensely important medicinal plant, produces a variety of anticancerous compounds. The yield of two most investigated alkaloids vinblastine and vin- cristine is ...
... A novel nitrite biosensor based on conductometric electrode modified with cytochrome c nitrite reductase composite membrane. Optical biosensing of nitrite ions using cy[r] ...
... metilenetetrahidrofolate reductase (MTHFR - C677T and A1298C) have been described as having opposite effects on cancer patients, reducing cancer susceptibility and increasing drug-related toxicities, when ...
... Molecular Characterization of the assimilatory nitrate reductase gene and its daily expression in the marine red algae Gracilaria tenuistipitata (RHODOPHYTA). (em preparação)[r] ...
... dihydrofolate reductase (pfdhfr A16V, N51I, C59R, S108N, I164L) and dihydropteroate synthetase (pfdhps A436S, G437A and E540K) genes and pfmdr1 gene copy numbers were determined using PCR based ...