Studies with the Plasmodium falciparum hexokinase reveal that PfHT limits the rate of glucose entry into glycolysis

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2013

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Tjhin, Erick
Staines, Henry M.
Van Schalkwyk, Donelly
Krishna, Sanjeev
Saliba, Kevin

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Elsevier

Abstract

To characterise plasmodial glycolysis, we generated two transgenic Plasmodium falciparum lines, one expressing P. falciparum hexokinase (PfHK) tagged with GFP (3D7-PfHKGFP) and another overexpressing native PfHK (3D7-PfHK+). Contrary to previous reports,

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Keywords: deoxyglucose; glucose; glucose transporter; hexokinase; article; cellular distribution; controlled study; cytosol; enzyme activity; glucose transport; glycolysis; nonhuman; Plasmodium falciparum; priority journal; transgenic organism; Glucose; Hexokinase; Glucose; Hexokinase; Hexose transport; Malaria; Plasmodium

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FEBS Letters

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Journal article

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2037-12-31