Dihydroorotic Acid Dehydrogenase: Introduction into Erythrocyte by the Malaria Parasite
Robert S. Krooth 1,
Kuang-dong Wuu 1, and
Raymond Ma 1
1 Lawrence D. Buhl Center for Human Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48104
Mature, circulating mammalian erythrocytes lack dihydroorotic acid dehydrogenase activity. However, we have detected activity, which appears to reside in an enzyme, in malaria parasites purified from mammalian blood.