Surface-expressed enolases of Plasmodium and other pathogens

Enolase is the eighth enzyme in the glycolytic pathway, a reaction that generates ATP from phosphoenol pyruvate in cytosolic compartments. Enolase is essential, especially for organisms devoid of the Krebs cycle that depend solely on glycolysis for energy. Interestingly, enolase appears to serve a s...

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Main Authors: Anil Kumar Ghosh, Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2011-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000900011&lng=en&tlng=en