Microbial pigments are gaining more attention in recent times due to their versatile
applications in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, and textile industries. The development …

Chlorophylls are magnesium-tetrapyrrole molecules that play essential roles in
photosynthesis. All chlorophylls have similar five-membered ring structures, with variations …

The eukaryotic phylum Apicomplexa encompasses thousands of obligate intracellular
parasites of humans and animals with immense socio-economic and health impacts. We …

The phylum Apicomplexa comprises human pathogens such as Plasmodium but is also an
under-explored hotspot of evolutionary diversity central to understanding the origins of …

Apicomplexans are a major lineage of parasites, including causative agents of malaria and
toxoplasmosis. How such highly adapted parasites evolved from free-living ancestors is …

Apicomplexa is a group of obligate intracellular parasites that includes the causative agents
of human diseases such as malaria and toxoplasmosis. Apicomplexans evolved from free …

Highlights•Toxoplasma and Plasmodium possess two organelles of endosymbiotic origin:
the apicoplast, and the mitochondrion.•The mitochondrion hosts a complete TCA cycle and …

For over a century, heme metabolism has been recognized to play a central role during
intraerythrocytic infection by Plasmodium parasites, the causative agent of malaria …

The capacity of haem to transfer electrons, bind diatomic gases, and catalyse various
biochemical reactions makes it one of the essential biomolecules on Earth and one that was …

Heme and other tetrapyrroles, often called ''the colors of life'', belong to the most important
molecules of almost all extant organisms. They are synthesized by a common multistep …