- Title
- Probing the structural dynamics of the Plasmodium falciparum tunneling-fold enzyme 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase to reveal allosteric drug targeting sites:
- Creator
- Khairallah, Afrah, Ross, Caroline J, Tastan Bishop, Özlem
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/163057
- Identifier
- vital:41008
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2020.575196
- Description
- The de novo folate synthesis pathway is a well-established drug target in the treatment of many infectious diseases. Antimalarial antifolate drugs have proven to be effective against malaria, however, rapid drug resistance has emerged on the two primary targeted enzymes: dihydrofolate reductase and dihydroptoreate synthase. The need to identify alternative antifolate drugs and novel metabolic targets is of imminent importance. The 6-pyruvol tetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) enzyme belongs to the tunneling fold protein superfamily which is characterized by a distinct central tunnel/cavity. The enzyme catalyzes the second reaction step of the parasite’s de novo folate synthesis pathway and is responsible for the conversion of 7,8-dihydroneopterin to 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin. In this study, we examine the structural dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum PTPS using the anisotropic network model, to elucidate the collective motions that drive the function of the enzyme and identify potential sites for allosteric modulation of its binding properties.
- Format
- 18 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Khairallah, A., Ross, C.J. and Tastan Bishop, O., 2020. Probing the structural dynamics of the Plasmodium falciparum tunneling-fold enzyme 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase to reveal allosteric drug targeting sites. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 7, p.246-263, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences volume number 246 263 September 2020 2296-889X
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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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