The Malarial Drug Target Plasmodium falciparum 1-Deoxy-D-Xylulose-5- Phosphate Reductoisomerase (PfDXR): Development of a 3-D Model for Identification of Novel, Structural and Functional Features and for Inhibitor Screening (Supplementary Information)

Title: The Malarial Drug Target Plasmodium falciparum 1-Deoxy-D-Xylulose-5- Phosphate Reductoisomerase (PfDXR): Development of a 3-D Model for Identification of Novel, Structural and Functional Features and for Inhibitor Screening (Supplementary Information)

Volume: 17 Issue: 1

Author(s): Jessica L. Goble, Matthew R. Adendorff, Tjaart A.P. de Beer, Linda L. Stephens and Gregory L. Blatch

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Keywords: PfDXR, antimalarial, apicomplexan, inhibitors, fosmidomycin, binding affinity, IC50

Abstract: A three-dimensional model of the malarial drug target protein PfDXR was generated, and validated using structure-checking programs and protein docking studies. Structural and functional features unique to PfDXR were identified using the model and comparative sequence analyses with apicomplexan and non-apicomplexan DXR proteins. Furthermore, we have used the model to develop an efficient approach to screen for potential tool compounds for use in the rational design of novel DXR inhibitors.

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Goble L. Jessica, Adendorff R. Matthew, de Beer A.P. Tjaart, Stephens L. Linda and Blatch L. Gregory, The Malarial Drug Target Plasmodium falciparum 1-Deoxy-D-Xylulose-5- Phosphate Reductoisomerase (PfDXR): Development of a 3-D Model for Identification of Novel, Structural and Functional Features and for Inhibitor Screening (Supplementary Information), Protein & Peptide Letters 2010; 17 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986610789909548