The 2.0 A structure of malarial purine phosphoribosyltransferase in complex with a transition-state analogue inhibitor.
Shi, W., Li, C.M., Tyler, P.C., Furneaux, R.H., Cahill, S.M., Girvin, M.E., Grubmeyer, C., Schramm, V.L., Almo, S.C.(1999) Biochemistry 38: 9872-9880
- PubMed: 10433693 
- DOI: 10.1021/bi990664p
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1CJB - PubMed Abstract: 
Malaria is a leading cause of worldwide mortality from infectious disease. Plasmodium falciparum proliferation in human erythrocytes requires purine salvage by hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGXPRTase). The enzyme is a target for the development of novel antimalarials ...