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High-throughput screening for potent and selective inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 Jun 2005
Baldwin Jeffrey, Michnoff Carolyn H, Malmquist Nicholas A, White John, Roth Michael G, Rathod Pradipsinh K, Phillips Margaret A
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Plasmodium falciparum is the causative agent of the most serious and fatal malarial infections, and it has developed resistance to commonly employed chemotherapeutics. The de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis enzymes offer potential as targets for drug design, because, unlike the host, the parasite does not have pyrimidine salvage pathways. Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) is a flavin-dependent mitochondrial...
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