期刊
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 19, 期 3, 页码 972-975出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.11.071
关键词
Type II NADH dehydrogenase; NDH2; Dibenziodolium chloride; DPI; Diphenyliodonium chloride; IDP; 1-Hydroxy-2-dodecyl-4(1H)quinolone; HDQ; Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase; DHOD; Ubiquinone; CoQ; CoQn
资金
- NICHD [K12-HD000850]
- NSF
Plasmodium falciparum NDH2 (pfNDH2) is a non-proton pumping, rotenone-insensitive alternative enzyme to the multi-subunit NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductases (Complex I) of many other eukaryotes. Recombinantly expressed pfNDH2 prefers coenzyme CoQ(0) as an acceptor substrate, and can also use the artificial electron acceptors, menadione and dichlorophenol-indophenol (DCIP). Previously characterized NDH2 inhibitors, dibenziodolium chloride (DPI), diphenyliodonium chloride (IDP), and 1-hydroxy-2-dodecyl-4(1H)quinolone (HDQ) do not inhibit pfNDH2 activity. Here, we provide evidence that HDQ likely targets another P. falciparum mitochondrial enzyme, dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (pfDHOD), which is essential for de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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