Biology:Plasmepsin I
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EC number | 3.4.23.38 | ||||||||
CAS number | 180189-87-1 | ||||||||
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IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Plasmepsin I (EC 3.4.23.38, aspartic hemoglobinase I, PFAPG, malaria aspartic hemoglobinase) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Hydrolysis of the -Phe33-Leu- bond in the alpha-chain of hemoglobin, leading to denaturation of the molecule
This enzyme is present in the malaria organism, Plasmodium.
References
- ↑ "Hemoglobin degradation in the human malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum: a catabolic pathway initiated by a specific aspartic protease". The Journal of Experimental Medicine 173 (4): 961–9. April 1991. doi:10.1084/jem.173.4.961. PMID 2007860.
- ↑ "Molecular characterization and inhibition of a Plasmodium falciparum aspartic hemoglobinase". The EMBO Journal 13 (2): 306–17. January 1994. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06263.x. PMID 8313875.
- ↑ "Order and specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum hemoglobin degradation pathway". The Journal of Clinical Investigation 93 (4): 1602–8. April 1994. doi:10.1172/JCI117140. PMID 8163662.
External links
- Plasmepsin+I at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmepsin I.
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