Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-6-phosphogluconolactonase: a unique bifunctional enzyme from Plasmodium falciparum |
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Authors: | Jortzik Esther Mailu Boniface M Preuss Janina Fischer Marina Bode Lars Rahlfs Stefan Becker Katja |
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Institution: | Interdisciplinary Research Center, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The survival of malaria parasites in human RBCs (red blood cells) depends on the pentose phosphate pathway, both in Plasmodium falciparum and its human host. G6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) deficiency, the most common human enzyme deficiency, leads to a lack of NADPH in erythrocytes, and protects from malaria. In P. falciparum, G6PD is combined with the second enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway to create a unique bifunctional enzyme named GluPho (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-6-phosphogluconolactonase). In the present paper, we report for the first time the cloning, heterologous overexpression, purification and kinetic characterization of both enzymatic activities of full-length PfGluPho (P. falciparum GluPho), and demonstrate striking structural and functional differences with the human enzymes. Detailed kinetic analyses indicate that PfGluPho functions on the basis of a rapid equilibrium random Bi Bi mechanism, where the binding of the second substrate depends on the first substrate. We furthermore show that PfGluPho is inhibited by S-glutathionylation. The availability of recombinant PfGluPho and the major differences to hG6PD (human G6PD) facilitate studies on PfGluPho as an excellent drug target candidate in the search for new antimalarial drugs. |
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