Functional genetic analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase gene

AR Odom, WC Van Voorhis - Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 2010 - Elsevier
… functional genetic validation of P. falciparum DXR (PF14_0641). Using a single cross-over
strategy, we show that plasmid integration occurs at the DXR locus but only when DXR gene

Plasmodium falciparum: detection of the deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase activity

J Wiesner, M Hintz, B Altincicek, S Sanderbrand… - Experimental …, 2000 - Elsevier
… whether the enzymes encoded by those genes in P. falciparum will In all organisms studied
so far, the biosynthesis of isoprenoids decatalyze the same reactions as demonstrated for …

[HTML][HTML] Isoprenoid biosynthesis in the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum

FM Jordão, EA Kimura, AM Katzin - Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
falciparum genome, but only three genes that encode the enzymes DOXP synthase, DOXP
reductoisomerase and 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase have been …

Resistance to the Antimicrobial Agent Fosmidomycin and an FR900098 Prodrug through Mutations in the Deoxyxylulose Phosphate Reductoisomerase Gene (dxr)

CM Armstrong, DJ Meyers, LS Imlay… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The MEP pathway is essential in key human pathogens, including Plasmodium falciparum
malarial parasites and the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and in many Gram-…

[Retracted] Exploring Drug Targets in Isoprenoid Biosynthetic Pathway for Plasmodium falciparum

T Qidwai, F Jamal, MY Khan… - Biochemistry Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… phosphate reductoisomerase (IspC) of Plasmodium falciparum and for their in vitro antiplasmodial
activity against chloroquine-sensitive and resistant strains of P. … falciparum the genetic

[PDF][PDF] … 5-PHOSPHATE (DOXP) REDUCTOISOMERASE IN MULTIDRUG RESISTANT ISOLATES OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM COLLECTED FROM PATIENTS …

NS Kanchanakhan, TPN Siripoon… - J Health Res, 2007 - thaiscience.info
… the DOXP reductoisomerase gene is highly conservation among multidrug resistant P.
faciparum … of the DOXP reductoisomerase gene among multidrug resistant P. faciparum isolates …

Isoprenoid biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum

AM Guggisberg, RE Amthor, AR Odom - Eukaryotic cell, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
… with a single species, Plasmodium falciparum, although P. vivax and P. knowlesi have also
… an enormous technical advance in genetic studies of nonmodel organisms, including P. …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular basis of fosmidomycin's action on the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

T Umeda, N Tanaka, Y Kusakabe, M Nakanishi… - Scientific Reports, 2011 - nature.com
… Fosmidomycin has been proven to be efficient in the treatment of P. falciparum malaria by
inhibiting 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR), an enzyme of the non-…

[HTML][HTML] Reconstitution of an apicoplast-localised electron transfer pathway involved in the isoprenoid biosynthesis of Plasmodium falciparum

RC Röhrich, N Englert, K Troschke, A Reichenberg… - FEBS letters, 2005 - Elsevier
… lavendulae, was found to inhibit DOXP reductoisomerase, the second enzyme of the …
Due to the high A/T content of the P. falciparum genome fully synthetic genes adapted to the …

Inhibitors of the nonmevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis as antimalarial drugs

H Jomaa, J Wiesner, S Sanderbrand, B Altincicek… - Science, 1999 - science.org
… biosynthesis present in Plasmodium falciparum was shown to … The presence of two genes
encoding the enzymes DOXP … complete gene encoding the DOXP reductoisomerase of P. …