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dc.contributor.advisorSchonbrunn, Ernst
dc.contributor.authorFunke, Todd Arnold
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-15T04:08:02Z
dc.date.available2008-09-15T04:08:02Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-21
dc.date.submitted2008
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations2.umi.com/ku:2691
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/4185
dc.description.abstractBacteria, plants, fungi, and apicomplexan parasites require the functionality of the shikimate pathway for biosynthesis of essential aromatic compounds. Animals lack the enzymes that constitute the shikimate pathway, making these attractive antimicrobial targets. Glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide) inhibits the shikimate pathway enzyme 5-enolpyruvyl-shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), but has limited antimicrobial activity. Several EPSPS point-substitutions can induce glyphosate tolerance, and some species possess EPSPS with intrinsic glyphosate insensitivity. To aid development of second-generation EPSPS inhibitors, I probed the inhibition of glyphosate-tolerant EPSPS. I examined the effects of mutations at Pro101 and Thr97 on the structure, function, and glyphosate sensitivity of E. coli EPSPS; I kinetically characterized the glyphosate-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus EPSPS and Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4 EPSPS and determined the three-dimensional structure of the CP4 enzyme; I studied the interaction of EPSPS with analogs of the substrate and the tetrahedral intermediate; and I conducted high throughput screening to identify novel EPSPS inhibitors.
dc.format.extent243 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
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dc.subjectBiophysics
dc.subjectBiology
dc.titleTARGETING 5-ENOLPYRUVYLSHIKIMATE-3-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE AND THE SHIKIMATE PATHWAY
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberPicking, William
dc.contributor.cmtememberDavido, David O.
dc.contributor.cmtememberScott, Emily E.
dc.contributor.cmtememberEgan, Susan
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineMolecular Biosciences
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPH.D.
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kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6857234
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