The molecular basis of erythrocyte invasion by malaria parasites

AF Cowman, CJ Tonkin, WH Tham, MT Duraisingh - Cell host & microbe, 2017 - cell.com
Plasmodium species cause malaria by proliferating in human erythrocytes. Invasion of
immunologically privileged erythrocytes provides a relatively protective niche as well as …

Plasmodium Egress Across the Parasite Life Cycle

JD Dvorin, DE Goldberg - Annual review of microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Human malaria, caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites, remains one of the most
important global public health problems, with the World Health Organization reporting more …

Artemisinin-resistant K13 mutations rewire Plasmodium falciparum's intra-erythrocytic metabolic program to enhance survival

S Mok, BH Stokes, NF Gnädig, LS Ross, T Yeo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance, driven by mutations in Plasmodium
falciparum K13, has compromised antimalarial efficacy and threatens the global malaria …

Plasma Membrane Association by N-Acylation Governs PKG Function in Toxoplasma gondii

KM Brown, S Long, LD Sibley - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyclic GMP (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase G [PKG]) is essential for
microneme secretion, motility, invasion, and egress in apicomplexan parasites, However …

A potent series targeting the malarial cGMP-dependent protein kinase clears infection and blocks transmission

DA Baker, LB Stewart, JM Large, PW Bowyer… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
To combat drug resistance, new chemical entities are urgently required for use in next
generation anti-malarial combinations. We report here the results of a medicinal chemistry …

Temporal and thermal profiling of the Toxoplasma proteome implicates parasite Protein Phosphatase 1 in the regulation of Ca2+-responsive pathways

AL Herneisen, ZH Li, AW Chan, SNJ Moreno… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Apicomplexan parasites cause persistent mortality and morbidity worldwide through
diseases including malaria, toxoplasmosis, and cryptosporidiosis. Ca 2+ signaling pathways …

The structure of the core NuRD repression complex provides insights into its interaction with chromatin

CJ Millard, N Varma, A Saleh, K Morris, PJ Watson… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
The NuRD complex is a multi-protein transcriptional corepressor that couples histone
deacetylase and ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling activities. The complex regulates …

Ca2+ signals critical for egress and gametogenesis in malaria parasites depend on a multipass membrane protein that interacts with PKG

AC Balestra, K Koussis, N Klages, SA Howell… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Calcium signaling regulated by the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) controls key life
cycle transitions in the malaria parasite. However, how calcium is mobilized from …

PfCDPK1 mediated signaling in erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum

S Kumar, M Kumar, R Ekka, JD Dvorin, AS Paul… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases are key effectors of calcium signaling in
malaria parasite. PfCDPK1 is critical for asexual development of Plasmodium falciparum, but …

Targeting malaria parasite invasion of red blood cells as an antimalarial strategy

AL Burns, MG Dans, JM Balbin… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Plasmodium spp. parasites that cause malaria disease remain a significant global-health
burden. With the spread of parasites resistant to artemisinin combination therapies in …