Disease association and therapeutic routes of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

I Yoon, U Kim, J Choi, S Kim - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2023 - cell.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are enzymes that catalyze the ligation of amino acids
to tRNAs for translation. Beyond their traditional role in translation, ARSs have acquired …

Promising antimalarial hits from phenotypic screens: a review of recently-described multi-stage actives and their modes of action

AP Luo, C Giannangelo, G Siddiqui… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Over the last two decades, global malaria cases caused by Plasmodium falciparum have
declined due to the implementation of effective treatments and the use of insecticides …

Single-cell quantitative bioimaging of P. berghei liver stage translation

JL McLellan, W Sausman, AB Reers, EM Bunnik… - Msphere, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmodium parasite resistance to existing antimalarial drugs poses a devastating threat to
the lives of many who depend on their efficacy. New antimalarial drugs and novel drug …

Reaction hijacking inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum asparagine tRNA synthetase

SC Xie, Y Wang, CJ Morton, RD Metcalfe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria poses an enormous threat to human health. With ever increasing resistance to
currently deployed drugs, breakthrough compounds with novel mechanisms of action are …

Differential effects of translation inhibitors on Plasmodium berghei liver stage parasites

JL McLellan, KK Hanson - Life Science Alliance, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
Increasing numbers of antimalarial compounds are being identified that converge
mechanistically at inhibition of cytoplasmic translation, regardless of the molecular target or …

[HTML][HTML] Translation inhibition efficacy does not determine the Plasmodium berghei liver stage antiplasmodial efficacy of protein synthesis inhibitors

JL McLellan, KK Hanson - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein synthesis is a core cellular process, necessary throughout the complex lifecycle of
Plasmodium parasites, thus specific translation inhibitors would be a valuable class of …

Application of Molecular Modeling Techniques to Investigate Phytochemicals as Prospective Anti-Malarial Agents

R Satpathy - Converging Pharmacy Science and Engineering in …, 2024 - igi-global.com
Malaria is a vector-transmitted disease and contributes significantly to mortality rates
worldwide. However, utilizing the available synthetic antimalarial compounds is challenging …

A high content imaging assay for identification of specific inhibitors of native Plasmodium liver stage protein synthesis

JL McLellan, B Morales-Hernandez, S Saegar… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Plasmodium parasite resistance to antimalarial drugs is a serious threat to public health in
malaria-endemic areas. Compounds that target core cellular processes like translation are …