Protein
Adenylosuccinate synthetase
Organism
Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7)
Function
Plays an important role in the salvage pathway for purine nucleotide biosynthesis. Catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of AMP from IMP (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the adenylosuccinate synthetase family.
Sequence
MNIFDHQIKNVDKGNVVAILGAQWGDEGKGKIIDMLSEYSDITCRFNGGANAGHTISVNDKKYALHLLPCGVLYDNNISVLGNGMVIHVKSLMEEIESVGGKLLDRLYLSNKAHILFDIHQIIDSIQETKKLKEGKQIGTTKRGIGPCYSTKASRIGIRLGTLKNFENFKNMYSKLIDHLMDLYNITEYDKEKELNLFYNYHLKLRDRIVDVISFMNTNLENNKKVLIEGANAAMLDIDFGTYPYVTSSCTTVGGVFSGLGIHHKKLNLVVGVVKSYLTRVGCGPFLTELNNDVGQYLREKGHEYGTTTKRPRRCGWLDIPMLLYVKCINSIDMINLTKLDVLSGLEEILLCVNFKNKKTGELLEKGCYPVEEEISEEYEPVYEKFSGWKEDISTCNEFDELPENAKKYILAIEKYLKTPIVWIGVGPNRKNMIVKKNFNLN