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SUBMITTER: Linford AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4022148 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecular and biochemical parasitology 20140101 1
Entamoeba histolytica is a eukaryotic intestinal parasite of humans, and is endemic in developing countries. We have characterized the E. histolytica putative low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP). The structure for this amebic tyrosine phosphatase was solved, showing the ligand-induced conformational changes necessary for binding of substrate. In amebae, it was expressed at low but detectable levels as detected by immunoprecipitation followed by immunoblotting. A mutant LM ...[more]