Characterisation of the bifunctional dihydrofolate synthase–folylpolyglutamate synthase from Plasmodium falciparum; a potential novel target for antimalarial antifolate inhibition

Graphical abstract The activities of the bifunctional folate pathway enzyme dihydrofolate synthase–folylpolyglutamate synthase from Plasmodium falciparum are characterised with respect to their kinetics, substrate specificities and responses to folate analogue inhibitors.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Print)

• Publication date

  2010-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.03.012PMID 20350571PMCID 2877875
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