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The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum synthesizes fatty acids using a type II pathway that is absent in humans. The final step in fatty acid elongation is catalyzed by enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase, a validated antimicrobial drug target. Here, we report the cloning and expression of the P. falciparum enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase gene, which encodes a 50-kDa protein (PfENR) predicted to target to the unique parasite apicoplast. Purified PfENR was crystallized, and its structure resolved as a binary complex with NADH, a ternary complex with triclosan and NAD(+), and as ternary complexes bound to the triclosan analogs 1 and 2 with NADH. Novel structural features were identified in the PfENR binding loop region that most closely resembled bacterial homologs; elsewhere the protein was similar to ENR from the plant Brassica napus (root mean square for Calphas, 0.30 A). Triclosan and its analogs 1 and 2 killed multidrug-resistant strains of intra-erythrocytic P. falciparum parasites at sub to low micromolar concentrations in vitro. These data define the structural basis of triclosan binding to PfENR and will facilitate structure-based optimization of PfENR inhibitors.

1VRW is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum Plasmodium falciparum] with <scene name='pdbligand=NAD:'>NAD</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry 1NHD. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]_reductase_(NADH) Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase (NADH)], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=1.3.1.9 1.3.1.9] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1VRW OCA].  

[[Category: Fidock, D A.]]

[[Category: Jr., W R.Jacobs.]]

[[Category: Sacchettini, J C.]]

[[Category: Sidhu, A S.]]

[[Category: Valiyaveettil, J T.]]

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