Journal of medicinal chemistry, 50(2), 186-191 (2007-01-19)
Pyrimidine biosynthesis presents an attractive drug target in malaria parasites due to the absence of a pyrimidine salvage pathway. A set of compounds designed to inhibit the Plasmodium falciparum pyrimidine biosynthetic enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH) was synthesized. PfDHODH-specific inhibitors with
Cell chemical biology, 25(3), 309-317 (2018-01-24)
The interactions between proteins and biological membranes are important for drug development, but remain notoriously refractory to structural investigation. We combine non-denaturing mass spectrometry (MS) with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to unravel the connections among co-factor, lipid, and inhibitor binding
Bioaccumulative environmental estrogen, nonylphenol (NP; 4-nonylphenol), is widely used as a nonionic surfactant and can affect human health. Since genomes of
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHOD) is the fourth enzyme in the de novo pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway and is essential in Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasitic protist causing Chagas' disease. T. cruzi and human DHOD have different biochemical properties, including the electron acceptor capacities
The Journal of biological chemistry, 276(26), 23777-23784 (2001-04-18)
The deep-sea tube worm Riftia pachyptila (Vestimentifera) from hydrothermal vents lives in an intimate symbiosis with a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium. That involves specific interactions and obligatory metabolic exchanges between the two organisms. In this work, we analyzed the contribution of the
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