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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Caracterização molecular e bioquímica das enzimas envolvidas na biossíntese de prolina em Trypanosoma cruzi. / Molecular and biochemical characterization of the enzymes involved in proline biosynthesis in Trypanosoma cruzi.

Marchese, Letícia 29 September 2017 (has links)
Alguns organismos podem biossintetizar L-prolina (L-Pro) principalmente via L-glutamato (L-Glu). A Δ1-pirrolina-5-carboxilato (P5C) sintase (P5CS) converte o L-Glu ao intermediário da via, o P5C que uma vez formado é reduzido a L-Pro via P5C redutase (P5CR). Nesse trabalho, verificou-se a possível ocorrência dessa via em Tritryps. Em Trypanosoma cruzi toda a via é operativa, em Trypanosoma brucei está ausente, enquanto que em Leishmania amazonensis acontece parcialmente. A biossíntese de L-Pro em T. cruzi é abordada com mais detalhes. Ambas as enzimas da via foram expressas e tiveram sua localização determinada no citosol, compartimento distinto das enzimas do catabolismo de L-Pro. Ainda realizou-se a caracterização bioquímica da TcP5CR, que curiosamente sofre inibição incompetitiva pelo NADPH, e por isso é candidata a regular esse metabolismo. Por fim, evidenciou-se a saída do P5C da mitocôndria, possibilitando a existência de um mecanismo de transidrogenação via a interconversão de L-Pro em P5C e vice versa. / Some organisms biosynthesize L-proline (L-Pro) mainly from L-glutamate (L-Glu). The Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) synthase (P5CS) converts L-Glu into the intermediate P5C, which in turn, is reduced to L-Pro by a P5C reductase (P5CR). In this study, we verified the possible occurrence of this pathway in Tritryps. In Trypanosoma cruzi the entire route is operative. In Trypanosoma brucei, is absent, while Leishmania amazonensis this pathway is partially operative. In T. cruzi, both enzymes were expressed and had their location determined in the cytosol, differently from those of the catabolism of L-Pro. In addition, the biochemical characterization of TcP5CR showed an uncompetitive inhibition by NADPH, and therefore it is a candidate to be a regulation point of the pathway. Finally, it was observed the exit of PC5 from the mitochondria, a condition for the existence of a transhydrogenation mechanism via the interconversion between Pro and P5C.

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