Crystal structure and biophysical characterization of the nucleoside diphosphate kinase from Leishmania braziliensis.
Vieira, P.S., de Giuseppe, P.O., Murakami, M.T., de Oliveira, A.H.(2015) BMC Struct Biol 15: 2-2
- PubMed: 25643978 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12900-015-0030-8
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4KPC - PubMed Abstract: 
Nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDK) is a housekeeping enzyme that plays key roles in nucleotide recycling and homeostasis in trypanosomatids. It is also secreted by the intracellular parasite Leishmania to modulate the host response. These functions make NDK an attractive target for drug design and for studies aiming at a better understanding of the mechanisms mediating host-pathogen interactions.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil. plinio.vieira@lnbio.cnpem.br.