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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 103, No. 6, 2008, pp. 595-597
Bioline Code: oc08107
Full paper language: English
Document type: Short Communication
Document available free of charge

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 103, No. 6, 2008, pp. 595-597

 en Characterization of the 3-HKT gene in important malaria vectors in India, viz., Anopheles culicifacies check for this species in other resources and Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)
Vidhyanandhini, R & Kumar, N Pradeep

Abstract

The 3-hydroxykynurenine transaminase (3-HKT) gene plays a vital role in the development of malaria parasites by participating in the synthesis of xanthurenic acid, which is involved in the exflagellation of microgametocytes in the midgut of malaria vector species. The 3-HKT enzyme is involved in the tryptophan metabolism of Anophelines. The gene had been studied in the important global malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae check for this species in other resources . In this report, we have conducted a preliminary investigation to characterize this gene in the two important vector species of malaria in India, Anopheles culicifacies check for this species in other resources and Anopheles stephensi check for this species in other resources . The analysis of the genetic structure of this gene in these species revealed high homology with the An. gambiae gene. However, four non-synonymous mutations in An. stephensi and seven in An. culicifacies sequences were noted in the exons 1 and 2 of the gene; the implication of these mutations on enzyme structure remains to be explored.

Keywords
3-hydroxykynurenine transaminase gene - xanthurenic acid - Anopheles

 
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