Protozoan parasites can infect the human intestinal tract causing serious diseases. In the
following article, we focused on the three most prominent intestinal protozoan pathogens …

Sennoside A (SA) is a natural dianthrone glycoside mainly from medicinal plants of Senna
and Rhubarb, and used as a folk traditional irritant laxative and slimming health food …

The PacC (loss or reduction in p hosphatase ac tivity at acid but not at alkaline pH [Pac])
transcription factor regulates environmental adaptation, secondary metabolism and …

The mitochondria have arisen as a consequence of endosymbiosis of an ancestral α-
proteobacterium with a methane-producing archae. The main function of the canonical …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are central enzymes in protein translation, providing the
charged tRNAs needed for appropriate construction of peptide chains. These enzymes have …

BACKGROUND: Trypanosomatids are early-diverging eukaryotes devoid of the major
disulfide reductases–glutathione reductase and thioredoxin reductase–that control thiol …

Hydrogenosomes and mitosomes are mitochondrion-related organelles in anaerobic/
microaerophilic eukaryotes with highly reduced and divergent functions. The full diversity of …

Northern Peru represents the center of the Andean “health axis,” with roots going back to
traditional practices of Cupisnique culture (1000 BC). For more than a decade of research …

Fungal microorganisms, including the human pathogenic yeast and filamentous fungi, are
able to synthesize all proteinogenic amino acids, including nine that are essential for …

The pathogenicity of Clostridium difficile is linked to its ability to produce two toxins: TcdA
and TcdB. The level of toxin synthesis is influenced by environmental signals, such as …