"Dihydropteroate Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of dihydropteroate from p-aminobenzoic acid and dihydropteridine-hydroxymethyl-pyrophosphate. EC 2.5.1.15.
| Descriptor ID |
D004094
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.225.300
|
| Concept/Terms |
Dihydropteroate Synthase- Dihydropteroate Synthase
- Synthase, Dihydropteroate
- Dihydropteroate Synthetase
- Synthetase, Dihydropteroate
- Dihydropteroate Pyrophosphorylase
- Pyrophosphorylase, Dihydropteroate
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dihydropteroate Synthase".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Dihydropteroate Synthase".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dihydropteroate Synthase" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dihydropteroate Synthase" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Dihydropteroate Synthase" by people in Profiles.
-
Impact of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance on Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Malaria in Pregnancy at Clearing Infections and Preventing Low Birth Weight. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 01; 62(3):323-333.
-
In vivo efficacy of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of asymptomatic parasitaemia in pregnant women in Machinga District, Malawi. Malar J. 2015 May 13; 14:197.
-
The A581G Mutation in the Gene Encoding Plasmodium falciparum Dihydropteroate Synthetase Reduces the Effectiveness of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Preventive Therapy in Malawian Pregnant Women. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 15; 211(12):1997-2005.