"Dihydropteroate Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of dihydropteroate from p-aminobenzoic acid and dihydropteridine-hydroxymethyl-pyrophosphate. EC 2.5.1.15.
| Descriptor ID |
D004094
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.225.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dihydropteroate Synthase- Dihydropteroate Synthase
- Synthase, Dihydropteroate
- Dihydropteroate Synthetase
- Synthetase, Dihydropteroate
- Dihydropteroate Pyrophosphorylase
- Pyrophosphorylase, Dihydropteroate
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dihydropteroate Synthase" by people in Profiles.
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Synthesis and evaluation of 7-chloro-4-(piperazin-1-yl)quinoline-sulfonamide as hybrid antiprotozoal agents. Bioorg Med Chem. 2013 Jun 01; 21(11):3080-9.
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High prevalence of dihydropteroate synthase mutations in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolated from patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia in South Africa. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jun; 48(6):2016-21.
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Prevalence of DHPS polymorphisms associated with sulfa resistance in South African Pneumocystis jirovecii strains. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2006; 53 Suppl 1:S110-1.