Structural studies of the shortest extended synaptotagmin with only two C2 domains from Trypanosoma brucei

E Stepinac, N Landrein, D Skwarzyńska, P Wójcik… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Extended synaptotagmins (E-Syts) localize at membrane contact sites between the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the plasma membrane to mediate inter-membrane lipid …

Anti-trypanosomal potential of the red sea soft coral nephthea mollis supported by metabolomic profiling and molecular docking studies

KM Allam, YA Mostafa, UR Abdelmohsen, AIM Khedr… - 2021 - researchsquare.com
The total ethanol extract and its derived ethyl acetate fraction of the soft coral Nephthea
mollis displayed remarkable in-vitro anti-trypanosomal potential against Trypanosoma …

Nucleolar targeting in an early-branching eukaryote suggests a general physicochemical mechanism for ribosome protein sorting

M Jeilani, K Billington, JD Sunter, S Dean, RJ Wheeler - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The eukaryotic cell targets proteins to the organelles in which they function, both membrane-
bound (like the nucleus) and non-membrane-bound (like the nucleolus). Nucleolar targeting …

From the origin and molecular diversity of the amastins, to the origin and diversity of intracellular parasitism from human Trypanosomatids

A Padilla - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The large families of amastins from Leishmania donovani, L. infantum, L. major, L.
braziliensis and Trypanosoma cruzi are strongly associated with the evolution of intracellular …

Trypanosome morphogenesis involves recruitment of a pleckstrin homology domain protein by an orphan kinesin to the microtubule quartet

C Benz, N Müller, M Vancová, S Kaltenbrunner… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Kinesins are motor proteins found in all eukaryotic lineages that move along microtubule
tracks to mediate numerous cellular processes such as mitosis and intracellular transport of …

Thiol-Disulphide Redox Signalling/Control during the Life Cycle of Pathogenic Trypanosomatids

G Specker, L Piacenza, R Radi… - Redox Regulation of …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Trypanosomatids are ancient unicellular eukaryotes that parasitize different invertebrates
and mammals, producing deadly diseases and economic losses. During their complex life …

NMR structure and dynamics of Q4DY78, a conserved kinetoplasid-specific protein from Trypanosoma cruzi

ÉD D'Andréa, JS Retel, A Diehl, P Schmieder… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
The 106-residue protein Q4DY78 (UniProt accession number) from Trypanosoma cruzi is
highly conserved in the related kinetoplastid pathogens Trypanosoma brucei and …

Dealing with Multiple Environments: The Challenges of the Trypanosome Lifecycle

E Calvo Alvarez, P Bastin - Systematics and the Exploration of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
African trypanosomes (Trypanosoma genus) are unicellular parasites responsible for
infectious diseases that affect humans and animals. Human African trypanosomiasis is …

Actin-based myosin XXI (13) molecular motor is involved in early phase of Leishmania cytokinesis

R Bajaj, CM Gupta - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Leishmania genome encodes for two isoforms of myosin, but only Myosin XXI (Myo21),
which is a novel form of myosin in that it contains two ubiquitin associated-like (UBA) …

Design and synthesis of novel P. fulciparum GDH inhibitors for use as potential antimalarial agents

EK Kasonde - 2021 - repository.londonmet.ac.uk
Malaria is a potentially fatal parasitic disease that is endemic in 109 countries and threatens
over 2.4 billion people, representing 40% of the global population. While there has been a …