title: A novel glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Plasmodium falciparum: cDNA and primary protein structure.
abstract: The structure of the parasite-encoded G6PD (PfG6PD) may provide clues about the relative protection against malaria in humans with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. We have cloned Pfg6pd cDNA encoding a predicted 856 amino acid residues polypeptide with a calculated molecular mass of > 94 kDa. The predicted amino acid sequence is highly homologous to G6PD from other organisms. Pfg6pd maps as a single or low copy number gene to chromosome 14. The unusually large N-terminus and the distance between the NADP-binding site and G6PD-binding site is novel for the parasite G6PD. The differences between parasite and human G6PD proteins could potentially be exploited for designing new chemotherapeutic agents.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Vaccine Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahabuddin
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rawlings
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D005958:Glucosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005958:Glucosephosphates; D009249:NADP; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase