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  • Jayalakshmi, R.; Sumathy, K.; Balaram, H.
    Purification and characterization of recombinant Plasmodium falciparum adenylosuccinate synthetase expressed in Escherichia coli (2002), Protein Expr. Purif., 25, 65-72.
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Application

Application Comment Organism
medicine most parasitic protozoa lack the de novo purine biosynthetic pathway and rely exclusively on the salvage pathway for their purine biosynthetic pathway, enzymes of the salvage pathway are candidate drug targets Plasmodium falciparum

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
hyperexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), complementation of purA mutant strain H1238 Plasmodium falciparum

General Stability

General Stability Organism
requires presence of dithiothreitol during the entire course of purification for activity Plasmodium falciparum

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.0048
-
GTP pH 7.5, 37°C Plasmodium falciparum
0.0228
-
IMP pH 7.5, 37°C Plasmodium falciparum
1.4
-
aspartate pH 7.5, 37°C Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
50000
-
2 * 50000, recombinant protein, SDS-PAGE Plasmodium falciparum
105000
-
gel filtration Plasmodium falciparum

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
GTP + IMP + L-aspartate Plasmodium falciparum salvage pathway GDP + phosphate + adenylosuccinate
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Plasmodium falciparum
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
recombinant protein Plasmodium falciparum

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
1144
-
-
Plasmodium falciparum

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
4°C, glycerol and EDTA stabilizes enzyme activity during storage, stable for at least 3 weeks Plasmodium falciparum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
GTP + IMP + L-aspartate
-
Plasmodium falciparum GDP + phosphate + adenylosuccinate
-
?
GTP + IMP + L-aspartate salvage pathway Plasmodium falciparum GDP + phosphate + adenylosuccinate
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer 2 * 50000, recombinant protein, SDS-PAGE Plasmodium falciparum

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
Adenylosuccinate synthetase
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Plasmodium falciparum
AdSS
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Plasmodium falciparum

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.5
-
-
Plasmodium falciparum

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
5.8 8.8
-
Plasmodium falciparum