The present inventors succeeded in isolating GWT1 (PfGWT1), which is one of the enzymes involved in GPI biosynthesis in the malaria parasite
P. falciparum
. In addition, the inventors revealed that degenerate mutant DNAs, with a lower AT content than the DNA encoding the PfGWT1 protein, can complement the phenotype of GWT
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-deficient yeast. Based on the findings, the present invention provides the GWT1 protein of malaria parasites and the use of the protein in methods of screening for antimalarial drugs. The present invention also provides degenerate mutant DNAs encoding proteins involved in GPI biosynthesis, and which have a lower AT content than the original DNAs. The present invention also provides methods of screening for antimalarial drugs which use the degenerate mutant DNAs.
本发明人成功分离出 GWT1(PfGWT1),它是参与疟原虫 G
PI 生物合成的酶之一。
恶性疟原虫
.此外,本发明人还发现,AT 含量低于 PfGWT1 蛋白编码 DNA 的退化突变 DNA 可以补充 GWT
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-缺陷酵母的表型。基于这些发现,本发明提供了疟原虫的 GWT1 蛋白,并将该蛋白用于
抗疟药物的筛选方法中。本发明还提供了编码参与 G
PI 生物合成的蛋白质的退化突变 DNA,其 AT 含量低于原始 DNA。本发明还提供了使用退化突变 DNA 筛选
抗疟药物的方法。