Parasite and host kinases as targets for antimalarials

HW Ong, J Adderley, AB Tobin… - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction The deployment of Artemisinin-based combination therapies and
transmission control measures led to a decrease in the global malaria burden over the …

Proteins with calmodulin-like domains: structures and functional roles

A Villalobo, M González-Muñoz… - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2019 - Springer
The appearance of modular proteins is a widespread phenomenon during the evolution of
proteins. The combinatorial arrangement of different functional and/or structural domains …

Calcium-dependent protein kinases in malaria parasite development and infection

G Ghartey-Kwansah, Q Yin, Z Li… - Cell …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Apicomplexan parasites have challenged researchers for nearly a century. A major
challenge to developing efficient treatments and vaccines is the parasite's ability to change …

Parasite and host erythrocyte kinomics of Plasmodium infection

J Adderley, T Williamson, C Doerig - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Malaria remains a heavy public health and socioeconomic burden in tropical and
subtropical regions. Increasing resistance against front-line treatments implies that novel …

Calcium in the backstage of malaria parasite biology

LS de Oliveira, MR Alborghetti, RG Carneiro… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The calcium ion (Ca2+) is a ubiquitous second messenger involved in key biological
processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In Plasmodium species, Ca2+ signaling plays a …

In silico analysis of plasmodium falciparum CDPK5 protein through molecular modeling, docking and dynamics

S Rout, RK Mahapatra - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 5 (CDPK5) protein is one of the family
members of a calcium-dependent protein kinase that is found in plants and some species of …

[HTML][HTML] CDPKs: The critical decoders of calcium signal at various stages of malaria parasite development

M Sharma, H Choudhury, R Roy, SA Michaels… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Calcium ions are used as important signals during various physiological processes. In
malaria parasites, Plasmodium spp., calcium dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) have …

The malaria-high blood pressure hypothesis: revisited

CR Nwokocha, EE Bafor, OI Ajayi… - American journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Malaria etiologies with pathophysiological similarities to hypertension currently constitute a
major subject of research. The malaria-high blood pressure hypothesis is strongly supported …

Characterization of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases 3, a Protein Involved in Growth of Cryptosporidium parvum

Q Zhang, Y Guo, N Li, Y Li, J Su, R Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are considered promising targets for
pharmaceutical intervention of cryptosporidiosis. Whole-genome sequencing has revealed …

Apicoplast metabolism: Parasite's Achilles' heel

K Kadian, Y Gupta, HV Singh… - Current topics in …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Malaria continues to impinge heavily on mankind, with five continents still under its clasp.
Widespread and rapid emergence of drug resistance in the Plasmodium parasite to current …