- Title
- AMBER force field parameters for the Zn (II) ions of the tunneling-fold enzymes GTP cyclohydrolase I and 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase:
- Creator
- Khairallah, Afrah, Tastan Bishop, Özlem, Moses, Vuyani
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/163068
- Identifier
- vital:41009
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1796800
- Description
- The folate biosynthesis pathway is an essential pathway for cell growth and survival. Folate derivatives serve as a source of the one-carbon units in several intracellular metabolic reactions. Rapidly dividing cells rely heavily on the availability of folate derivatives for their proliferation. As a result, drugs targeting this pathway have shown to be effective against tumor cells and pathogens, but drug resistance against the available antifolate drugs emerged quickly. Therefore, there is a need to develop new treatment strategies and identify alternative metabolic targets. The two de novo folate biosynthesis pathway enzymes, GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH1) and 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS), can provide an alternative strategy to overcome the drug resistance that emerged in the two primary targeted enzymes dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase.
- Format
- 19 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Khairallah, A., Tastan Bishop, Ö. and Moses, V., 2020. AMBER force field parameters for the Zn (II) ions of the tunneling-fold enzymes GTP cyclohydrolase I and 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, pp.1-18, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics volume number 1 18 June 2020 1538-0254
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Tastan Bishop, Ozlem (Prof)
RU Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi)
RU Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
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