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SUBMITTER: van Rossum AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC387910 | biostudies-literature | 2004 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Rossum Arjan J AJ Jefferies James R JR Rijsewijk Frans A M FA LaCourse E James EJ Teesdale-Spittle Paul P Barrett John J Tait Andrew A Brophy Peter M PM
Infection and immunity 20040501 5
The phase II detoxification system glutathione transferase (GST) is associated with the establishment of parasitic nematode infections within the gastrointestinal environment of the mammalian host. We report the functional analysis of a GST from an important worldwide parasitic nematode of small ruminants, Haemonchus contortus. This GST shows limited activity with a range of classical GST substrates but effectively binds hematin. The high-affinity binding site for hematin was not present in the ...[more]