Review Article

Vitamin B6-Dependent Enzymes in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum: A Druggable Target?

Table 3

Comparison of the kinetic and inhibitory properties of ornithine decarboxylases.

P. falciparum*M. musculus T. gondii T. brucei References

Molecular mass (kDa)86.450–541490[41, 46]
-value of L-ornithine ( M)47.330–200161[41, 47, 48]
-value of putrescine ( M)50.46000.92[41, 49]
-value of DFMO ( M)87.6390.025220[41, 50, 51]
-value of CGP52622A (nM)20.4[41]
-value of CGP54619A (nM)7.9[41]
IC50-value of putrescine ( M)157[41]
IC50-value of CGP52622A (nM)63.525[41]
IC50-value of CGP54619A (nM)2510[41]

Data derived from the rPf hinge-ODC [41].