Divergent polyamine metabolism in the Apicomplexa
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Divergent polyamine metabolism in the Apicomplexa.
The lead enzymes of polyamine biosynthesis, i.e. ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and arginine decarboxylase (ADC), were not detected in Toxoplasma gondii [the limit of detection for ODC and ADC was 5 pmol min(-1) (mg protein)(-1)], indicating that T. gondii lacks a forward-directed polyamine biosynthetic pathway, and is therefore a polyamine auxotroph. The biochemical results were supported by re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1350-0872,1465-2080
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/001768-0