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Cyclic 3'-5' guanosine monophosphate-dependent activity in Leishmania amazonensis
1Departamento de Parasitología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. lfgeigel@ipk.sld.cu
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
|August 26, 2003
Abstract:
Although there are some data concerning the nitric oxide and the cyclic 3'-5'guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling pathway in trypanosomatids, there is no report about the cGMP-dependent enzymatic activity identification. In this sense, a cGMP dependent activity was detected on soluble fraction from Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes with a high metacyclic level. This information is valuable in order to explore the metabolic pathway of G kinase protein in this parasite.