Reconstitution of an apicoplast-localised electron transfer pathway involved in the isoprenoid biosynthesis of Plasmodium falciparum
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
Reconstitution of an apicoplast-localised electron transfer pathway involved in the isoprenoid biosynthesis of Plasmodium falciparum / R.C. Rohrich, N. Englert, K. Troschke, A. Reichenberg, M. Hintz, F. Seeber, E. Balconi, A. Aliverti, G. Zanetti, U. Kohler, M. Pfeiffer, E. Beck, H. Jomaa, J. Wiesner. - In: FEBS LETTERS. - ISSN 0014-5793. - 579:28(2005), pp. 6433-6438.
Abstract:
In the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum isoprenoid precursors are synthesised inside a plastid-like organelle (apicoplast) by the mevalonate independent 1-deoxy-D-Xylulose-5-phosphate (DOXP) pathway. The last reaction step of the DOXP pathway is catalysed by the LytB enzyme which contains a [4Fe-4S] cluster. In this study, LytB of P. falciparum was shown to be catalytically active in the presence of an NADPH dependent electron transfer system comprising ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase. LytB and ferredoxin were found to form a stable protein complex. These data suggest that the ferredoxin/ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase redox system serves as the physiological electron donor for LytB in the apicoplast of P. falciparum. (c) 2005 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
malaria; apicoplast; isoprenoid biosynthesis; ferredoxin; iron-sulphur cluster
Elenco autori:
R.C. Rohrich, N. Englert, K. Troschke, A. Reichenberg, M. Hintz, F. Seeber, E. Balconi, A. Aliverti, G. Zanetti, U. Kohler, M. Pfeiffer, E. Beck, H. Jomaa, J. Wiesner
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