A complete model of the Plasmodium falciparum bifunctional enzyme dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase: a model to design new antimalarials

We propose a theoretical model for pfDHFR-TS, which includes the 55 aminoacid residues ignored in the crystallographic model. The electrostatic potential calculation on the model surface revealed a continuous positive potential region between the two active sites, suggesting an optimized mechanism f...

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Main Authors: França Tanos C. C., Medeiros André L. R. de, Santos Edison C. P. dos, Santos-Filho Osvaldo A., Figueroa-Villar José D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2004-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532004000300019