Structures of purine nucleosidase from Trypanosoma brucei bound to isozyme-specific trypanocidals and a novel metalorganic inhibitor
Giannese, F., Berg, M., Van der Veken, P., Castagna, V., Tornaghi, P., Augustyns, K., Degano, M.(2013) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 69: 1553-1566
- PubMed: 23897478 
- DOI: 10.1107/S0907444913010792
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4I70, 4I71, 4I72, 4I73, 4I74, 4I75 - PubMed Abstract: 
Sleeping sickness is a deadly disease that primarily affects sub-Saharan Africa and is caused by protozoan parasites of the Trypanosoma genus. Trypanosomes are purine auxotrophs and their uptake pathway has long been appreciated as an attractive target for drug design ...