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Published on: November 2, 2016
Probing the dimerization interface of Leishmania infantum trypanothione reductase with site-directed mutagenesis and
Miguel A Toro1, Pedro A Sánchez-Murcia, David Moreno
1Departamento de Biología de Sistemas, Unidad Asociada de I+D+I al CSIC, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Binding at the interface: We tested the inhibitory activity of a set of peptide sequences derived from an α-helix of the dimeric trypanothione reductase from Leishmania infantum. Replacement of a glutamic acid residue with a lysine promoted monomer dissociation and enzyme inhibition.
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