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Primary structure and expression of the dihydropteroate synthetase gene of Plasmodium falciparum.
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The enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase (DHPS) from Plasmodium falciparum is involved in the mechanism of action of the sulfone/sulfonamide group of drugs. We describe the cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the P. falciparum DHPS enzyme and show that it is a bifunctional enzyme that includes dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin pyrophosphokinase (PPPK) at the N terminus of DHPS. The gene encodes a putative protein of 83 kDa that contains two domains that are homologous with the DHPS and PPPK enzymes of other organisms. The PPPK-DHPS gene is encoded on chromosome 8 and has two introns. An antibody raised to the PPPK region of the protein was found to recognize a 68-kDa protein that is expressed throughout the asexual life cycle of the parasite. We have determined the sequence of the DHPS portion of the gene from sulfadoxine-sensitive and -resistant P. falciparum clones and identified sequence differences that may have a role in sulfone/sulfonamide resistance.
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- Authors
- Triglia, T., & Cowman, A. F.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1994-07-19
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 7149-7153
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2010485888
- Cited by
- 304
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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