Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Poly-ADP-ribose Polymerase from Trypanosoma brucei

Abstract Trypanosoma brucei is a unicellular parasite responsible for African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness. It contains a single PARP enzyme opposed to many higher eukaryotes, which have numerous PARPs. PARPs are responsible for a post-translational modification, ADP-ribosylation, regulating...

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Main Authors: Teemu Haikarainen, Mariana Schlesinger, Ezeogo Obaji, Silvia H. Fernández Villamil, Lari Lehtiö
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03751-4