An SR protein is essential for activating DNA repair in malaria parasites

M Goyal, BK Singh, K Simantov… - Journal of cell …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the deadliest form of human malaria,
replicates within the erythrocytes of its host, where it encounters numerous pressures that …

Phosphorylation of the canonical histone H2A marks foci of damaged DNA in malaria parasites

M Goyal, A Heinberg, V Mitesser, S Kandelis-Shalev… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmodium falciparum parasites proliferate within circulating red blood cells and are
responsible for the deadliest form of human malaria. These parasites are exposed to …

Plasmodium Ape1 is a multifunctional enzyme in mitochondrial base excision repair and is required for efficient transition from liver to blood stage infection

N Verma, H Shukla, A Tiwari, S Mishra, S Habib - DNA repair, 2021 - Elsevier
The malaria parasite has a single mitochondrion which carries multiple tandem repeats of its
6 kb genome encoding three proteins of the electron transport chain. There is little …

DNA damage response pathways in dinoflagellates

C Li, JTY Wong - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dinoflagellates are a general group of phytoplankton, ubiquitous in aquatic environments.
Most dinoflagellates are non-obligate autotrophs, subjected to potential physical and …

Plasmodium falciparum Apn1 homolog is a mitochondrial base excision repair protein with restricted enzymatic functions

A Tiwari, J Kuldeep, MI Siddiqi, S Habib - The FEBS Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The malaria parasite carries two organelles, the apicoplast and mitochondrion, whose DNA
genomes must be maintained for optimal function and parasite survival under genotoxic …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of methyltransferase (MTase) domain from Zika virus (ZIKV)

S Afaq, A Atiya, A Malik, AS Alwabli, DA Alzahrani… - …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A comprehensive analysis of methyltransferase (MTase) from Zika virus (ZIKV) is of interest
in the development of drugs and biomarkers in the combat and care of ZIKA fever with …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular docking based design of Dengue NS5 methyltransferase inhibitors

MA Kausar, A Ali, S Qiblawi, SMA Shahid… - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dengue is a viral infection caused by RNA infection of the family Flaviviridae and spread by
the Aedes mosquitoes. Dengue NS5 methyltransferase is a known drug target for the …

Synergistic action between PfHsp90 inhibitor and PfRad51 inhibitor induces elevated DNA damage sensitivity in the malaria parasite

W Tabassum, P Singh, N Suthram… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The DNA recombinase Rad51 from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has
emerged as a potential drug target due to its central role in the homologous recombination …

[HTML][HTML] From sequence analysis of DPP-4 to molecular docking based searching of its inhibitors

AS Alsamghan, AS Alwabli, M Abadi, SA Alsaleem… - …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Literature data suggests that Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) is a potential target for type 2
Diabetes Mellitus. Therefore, it is of interest to identify new DPP-4 inhibitors using molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Networking of predicted post-translational modification (PTM) sites in human EGFR

A Malik, S Afaq, AS Alwabli, K Al-Ghmady - Bioinformation, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) binds to EGF activating tyrosine phosphorylation
through receptor dimerization prompting uncontrolled multiplication. Domain organization …