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The Putative Glutathione Peroxidase Gene ofPlasmodium falciparum Codes for a Thioredoxin Peroxidase
1 Mar 2001
Abstract excerpt
A putative glutathione peroxidase gene (Swiss-Prot accession number Z 68200) of Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of tropical malaria, was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. Like phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase of mammals, it proved to be monomeric. It was active with H(2)O(2) and organic hydroperoxides but, unlike phospholipid hydroperoxide...
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