Comparative study on mitogen activated protein kinase of Plasmodium species by using in silico method / Mohd Fakharul Zaman Raja Yahya and Hasidah Mohd Sidek

Malaria parasites, Plasmodium can infect a wide range of hosts including humans and rodents. There are two copies of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in Plasmodium, namely MAPK1 and MAPK2. The MAPKs have been studied extensively in the human Plasmodium, P. falciparum. However, the MAPKs fro...

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Main Authors: Raja Yahya, Mohd Fakharul Zaman, Mohd Sidek, Hasidah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Management Institute 2012
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12954/1/AJ_MOHD%20FAKHARUL%20ZAMAN%20RAJA%20YAHYA%20SRJ%2012%201.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12954/
https://srj.uitm.edu.my/
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara
Language: English
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Summary:Malaria parasites, Plasmodium can infect a wide range of hosts including humans and rodents. There are two copies of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in Plasmodium, namely MAPK1 and MAPK2. The MAPKs have been studied extensively in the human Plasmodium, P. falciparum. However, the MAPKs from other Plasmodium species have not been characterized and it is therefore the premise of presented study to characterize the MAPKs from other Plasmodium species-P. vivax, P. knowlesi, P. berghei, P. chabaudi and P.yoelli using a series of publicly available bioinformatic tools. In silico data indicates that all Plasmodium MAPKs are nuclear-localizedandcontain both a nuclear localization signal (NLS) anda Leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES). The activation motifs ofTDYand TSH werefound to befully conserved in Plasmodium MAPK1 and MAPK2, respectively.