The dihydroorotate dehydrogenases: past and present

RAG Reis, FA Calil, PR Feliciano, MP Pinheiro… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
The flavoenzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase catalyzes the stereoselective oxidation of
(S)-dihydroorotate to orotate in the fourth of the six conserved enzymatic reactions involved …

Medicinal chemistry approaches for the discovery of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors as antimalarial agents

VK Vyas, T Shukla, M Sharma - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria is a severe human disease and a global health problem because of drug-resistant
strains. Drugs reported to prevent the growth of Plasmodium parasites target various phases …

Evaluation of 7-arylaminopyrazolo [1, 5-a] pyrimidines as anti-Plasmodium falciparum, antimalarial, and Pf-dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors

LFSP Azeredo, JP Coutinho, VAP Jabor… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Malaria remains one of the most serious global infectious diseases. An important target for
antimalarial chemotherapy is the enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase from Plasmodium …

Comparative study between the anti-P. falciparum activity of triazolopyrimidine, pyrazolopyrimidine and quinoline derivatives and the identification of new PfDHODH …

FF Silveira, JO de Souza, LVB Hoelz… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we designed and synthesized 35 new triazolopyrimidine, pyrazolopyrimidine
and quinoline derivatives as P. falciparum inhibitors (3D7 strain). Thirty compounds …

Trypanosoma cruzi nitroreductase: Structural features and interaction with biological membranes

ML Cirqueira, LO Bortot, M Bolean, MAA Aleixo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to its severe burden and geographic distribution, Chagas disease (CD) has a significant
social and economic impact on low-income countries. Benznidazole and nifurtimox are …

[HTML][HTML] Solvent concentration at 50% protein unfolding may reform enzyme stability ranking and process window identification

FA Sorgenfrei, JJ Sloan, F Weissensteiner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As water miscible organic co-solvents are often required for enzyme reactions to improve eg,
the solubility of the substrate in the aqueous medium, an enzyme is required which displays …

[HTML][HTML] New Insights on Moojase, a Thrombin-Like Serine Protease from Bothrops moojeni Snake Venom

FG Amorim, DL Menaldo, SEI Carone, TA Silva… - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Snake venom serine proteases (SVSPs) are enzymes that are capable of interfering in
various parts of the blood coagulation cascade, which makes them interesting candidates for …

Natural products as inhibitors of Leishmania major dihydroorotate dehydrogenase

LA Chibli, TJ Schmidt, MC Nonato, FA Calil… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The flavoenzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) catalyzes the fourth reaction of
the de novo pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway, which exerts vital functions in the cells …

Glutathione reductase: A cytoplasmic antioxidant enzyme and a potential target for phenothiazinium dyes in Neospora caninum

JC Venancio-Brochi, LM Pereira, FA Calil… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Neospora caninum causes heavy losses related to abortions in bovine cattle. This parasite
developed a complex defense redox system, composed of enzymes as glutathione …

Discovery of new piperaquine hybrid analogs linked by triazolopyrimidine and pyrazolopyrimidine scaffolds with antiplasmodial and transmission blocking activities

LM Feitosa, RRF Franca, GF Maria de Lourdes… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were 247 million
malaria cases in 2021 worldwide, representing an increase in 2 million cases compared to …