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  • Pitaluga, A.N.; Moreira, M.E.; Traub-Csekoe, Y.M.
    A putative role for inosine 5 monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) in Leishmania amazonensis programmed cell death (2015), Exp. Parasitol., 149, 32-38.
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Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
additional information no inhibition by tiazofurin and benzamide Leishmania amazonensis
Mycophenolic acid
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Leishmania amazonensis
ribavirin
-
Leishmania amazonensis

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
IMP + NAD+ + H2O Leishmania amazonensis
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XMP + NADH + H+
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?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Leishmania amazonensis Q2TUW2
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-

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
promastigote
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Leishmania amazonensis
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
IMP + NAD+ + H2O
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Leishmania amazonensis XMP + NADH + H+
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?

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
IMPDH
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Leishmania amazonensis
inosine 5' monophosphate dehydrogenase
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Leishmania amazonensis

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NAD+
-
Leishmania amazonensis

Expression

Organism Comment Expression
Leishmania amazonensis downregulation of impdh expression under heat shock treatment down

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
malfunction IMPDH inhibitors ribavirin and mycophenolic acid prevents cell growth and generates an apoptosis-like phenotype in sub-populations of L.eishmania amazonensis promastigotes. A subpopulation of parasites undergoes apoptosislike cell death in the nutrient poor environment of the vector gut Leishmania amazonensis
metabolism IMPDH is a key enzyme in the purine nucleotide pathway Leishmania amazonensis
physiological function a small percentage of Leishmania amazonensis undergoes programmed cell death (PCD) under heat shock, imitating host infection reaction, involving the enzyme IMPDH of the purine metabolism. Enzyme IMPDH is a key enzyme in the purine nucleotide pathway, and is related to cell growth and apoptosis Leishmania amazonensis