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Trypanosoma cruzi nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 (TcNTPDase-1) bi...
Mariotini-Moura, Christiane; Bastos, Matheus Silva e; Castro, Felipe Freitas de; Trindade, Mellina Lanna; Vasconcellos, Raphael de SouzaPrevious work has suggested that Trypanosoma cruzi diphosphohydrolase 1 (TcNTPDase-1) may be involved in the infection of mammalian cells and serve as a potential target for rational drug design. In this work, we produced recombinant TcNTPDase-1 and evaluated its nucleotidase activity, cellular localization and role in parasite adhesion to mammalian host cells. TcNTPDase-1 was able to utilize a broad range of t...
Leishmania infantum ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-2 is an apy...
Vasconcellos, Raphael De Souza; Mariotini-Moura, Christiane; Gomes, Rodrigo Saar; Serafim, Tiago Donatelli; Firmino, Rafaela de CássiaVisceral leishmaniasis is an important tropical disease, and Leishmania infantum chagasi (synonym of Leishmania infantum) is the main pathogenic agent of visceral leishmaniasis in the New World. Recently, ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases (E-NTPDases) were identified as enablers of infection and virulence factors in many pathogens. Two putative E-NTPDases (∼70 kDa and ∼45 kDa) have been found in ...
Trypanosoma cruzi nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 (TcNTPDase-1) bi...
Moura, Christiane Mariotini; Bastos, Matheus Silva e; Castro, Felipe Freitas de; Trindade, Mellina Lanna; Vasconcellos, Raphael de SouzaPrevious work has suggested that Trypanosoma cruzi diphosphohydrolase 1 (TcNTPDase-1) may be involved in the infection of mammalian cells and serve as a potential target for rational drug design. In this work, we produced recombinant TcNTPDase-1 and evaluated its nucleotidase activity, cellular localiza- tion and role in parasite adhesion to mammalian host cells. TcNTPDase-1 was able to utilize a broad range of...