Malaria Journal

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Computational analysis of binding between malarial dihydrofolate reductases and anti-folates

Kiattawee Choowongkomon1, Sasikrit Theppabutr2, Napat Songtawee1, Nicholas PJ Day4,2, Nicholas J White4,2, Charles J Woodrow3,2 and Mallika Imwong2*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Jatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

2 Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Phayathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

3 Centre for Infection, Division of Clinical Sciences, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK

4 Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK

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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:65 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-65

Published: 2 March 2010

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Additional file 1:

Ramachandran plots of modelled structures of (A) PmDHFR and (B) PoDHFR. The data provided represent an index of model quality.

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List of Plasmodium DHFR residues and binding energies (kcal/mol) for interaction with pyrimethamine, cycloguanil and trimethoprim. The data provided represent a detailed description of the interactions between conserved residues and three inhibitory ligands.

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