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Functional characterization of the acyl carrier protein (PfACP) and beta-ketoacyl ACP synthase III (PfKASIII) from Plasmodium falciparum

  1. Author:
    Waters, N. C.
    Kopydlowski, K. M.
    Guszczynski, T.
    Wei, L.
    Sellers, P.
    Ferlan, J. T.
    Lee, P. J.
    Li, Z. Y.
    Woodard, C. L.
    Shallom, S.
    Gardner, M. J.
    Prigge, S. T.

  2. Author Address

    Walter Reed Army Inst Res, Div Expt Therapeut, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA Walter Reed Army Inst Res, Div Expt Therapeut, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA NCI, Macromol Crystallog Lab, Frederick, MD 21702 USA Inst Genomic Res, Rockville, MD 20850 USA Johns Hopkins Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Mol Microbiol & Immunol, Malaria Res Inst, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA Prigge ST Walter Reed Army Inst Res, Div Expt Therapeut, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
    1. Year: 2002
  2. Journal: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
    1. 123
    2. 2
    3. Pages: 85-94
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    The genome of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, appears to contain the proteins necessary for a Type II dissociated fatty acid biosynthetic system. Here we report the functional characterization of two proteins from this system. Purified recombinant acyl carrier protein (ACP) and beta- ketoacyl-ACP synthase III (KASIII) from P. falciparum are soluble and active in a truncated form. Malarial ACP is activated by the addition of a 4'-phosphopantetheine prosthetic group derived from coenzyme A, generating holo-PfACP. Holo- PfACP is an effective substrate for the transacylase activity of PfKASIII, but substitution of a key active site cysteine in PfKASIII to alanine or serine abolishes enzymatic activity. During the schizont stage of parasite development, there is a significant up-regulation of the mRNAs corresponding to these proteins, indicating an important metabolic requirement for fatty acids during this stage. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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