Dihydroorotic acid dehydrogenase: introduction into erythrocyte by the malaria parasite.
Mature, circulating mammalian erythrocytes lack dihydroorotic acid dehydrogenase activity. However, we have detected activity, which appears to reside in an enzyme, in malaria parasites purified from mammalian blood.
D000818:Animals; D003956:Dialysis; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood*; D051379:Mice; D009963:Orotic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000097:blood*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats
D009963:Orotic Acid; D010088:Oxidoreductases