Application | Comment | Organism |
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medicine | adenosine kinase represents a potential chemotherapeutic target for the treatment of Toxoplasma gondii infections | Toxoplasma gondii |
Crystallization (Comment) | Organism |
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hanging-drop vapor-diffusion method, structure of a binary complex of adenosine kinase and the nonhydrolysable ATP analog AMP-PCP is determined to 1.1 A resolution | Toxoplasma gondii |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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ATP + adenosine | Toxoplasma gondii | the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii is incapable of synthesizing purine nucleotides de novo and relies completely on purines salvaged from the host cells. Adenosine is the preferred precursor and is phosphorylated by adenosine kinase (AK), the most active enzyme in adenosine metabolism in Toxoplasma gondii | ? | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Toxoplasma gondii | Q9TVW2 | - |
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Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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ATP + adenosine | the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii is incapable of synthesizing purine nucleotides de novo and relies completely on purines salvaged from the host cells. Adenosine is the preferred precursor and is phosphorylated by adenosine kinase (AK), the most active enzyme in adenosine metabolism in Toxoplasma gondii | Toxoplasma gondii | ? | - |
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