Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP110104455

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP110104455

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A new chemotherapeutic target from Leishmania SPP. Understanding and inhibiting CYP61LD, a sterol C22 desaturase. Leishamniasis is a debilitating and often fatal disease that is caused by a parasite, Leishmania sp., which is increasing its range to include Australia. This project aims to explore possible chemotherapeutics for the disease which inhibit a particular and unique enzyme the organism uses to synthesise the sterols it requires to live.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $280,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Enzymes | Characterisation of Biological Macromolecules | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Organic Chemical Synthesis |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Characterisation of Biological Macromolecules | Enzymes | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences | Organic Chemical Synthesis

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