background: the present study was formulated in order to determine pol­ymorphism of dihydropteroate synthetase gene (dhps) of plasmodium vivax (p . vivax ) in hormozgan province, southern iran and mutations at codons 382, 383, 512, 553, and 585 associated with resistance of p. vivax to sulfadoxine. method : one-hundred eighteen isolates of p. vivax were prepared within 2007-2008 to determine di...

The palladium-assisted one-pot three-component reactions of aldehydes, amines and olefins proceeded smoothly to give 2,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines (1,4-DHPs) using molecular oxygen as a sole oxidant. It also provides efficient Pd-catalyzed aerobic oxidation access to the anti-Markovnikov oxidative amination products of olefins from primary aromatic amines and alkenes. The method is ato...

Bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) nanorods was prepared via one pot sol-gel method using Bi(NO3)3.5H2O and starch (as template) in water under hydrothermal condition followed by calcination at 320˚C within 3 h. The resultant solid product was characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry (TGA), and FTIR techniques. Based on the obtained results, the formatio...

Sulfa drugs are widely used in the prophylaxis and treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Co-trimoxasole, the first-line agent, is a combination of sulfamethoxazole plus trimethoprim but functions as sulfa monotherapy since trimethoprim appears to be inactive. Dapsone, a sulfone, is a commonly used second line agent. Both sulfamethoxazole and dapsone act by binding to the dihydropteroate ...

v2o5/sio2 nanoparticles was prepared via an one-pot sol gel method from vanadyl- acetylacetonate and tetraethylorthosilicate in refluxing meoh, followed by calcination at 700 °c for 2 hours. the resultant nanoparticles was characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy (sem), transmission electron microscopy (tem), x-ray diffraction (xrd), tga and ftir techniques. rapid and efficient ar...

The folP1 gene of Mycobacterium leprae, which encodes dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS), was studied for the presence of mutations associated with resistance to dapsone (DDS). When the folP1 of several DDS-resistant clinical isolates of M. leprae were sequenced, two missense mutations were identified. One mutation occurred at codon 53, substituting isoleucine for threonine in DHPS-1, and a second...

OBJECTIVE To describe India's National Antimalarial Drug Resistance Monitoring System, measure the efficacy of first-line malaria treatments, and determine risk factors for treatment failure. METHODS In 2009-2010, prospective studies with 28 days of follow-up were conducted at 25 sentinel sites. Patients infected with Plasmodium falciparum were given artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine ...

A sulfathiazole-resistant dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) present in two different laboratory strains of Escherichia coli repeatedly selected for sulfathiazole resistance was mapped to folP by P1 transduction. The folP mutation in each of the strains was shown to be identical by nucleotide sequence analysis. A single C-->T transition resulted in a Pro-->Ser substitution at amino acid position 6...

BACKGROUND Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the dhfr and dhps genes are associated with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) treatment failure and gametocyte carriage. This may result in enhanced transmission of mutant malaria parasites, as previously shown for chloroquine resistant parasites. In the present study, we determine the association between parasite mutations, submicroscopic P. f...

DHPS (dihydropteroate synthase) catalyses an essential step in the biosynthesis of folic acid and is the target for the sulfonamide group of antimicrobial drugs. In the present paper we report two crystal structures of DHPS from the respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae: the apoenzyme at 1.8 A (1 A=0.1 nm) resolution and a complex with DHPP (6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin monophospha...