Membrane transport proteins, also known as transporters, control the movement of ions,
nutrients, metabolites, and waste products across the membranes of a cell and are central to …

New antimalarial drugs are urgently needed to control drug-resistant forms of the malaria
parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Mitochondrial electron transport is the target of both …

The citrate carrier (CiC), characteristic of animals, and the dicarboxylate–tricarboxylate
carrier (DTC), characteristic of plants and protozoa, belong to the mitochondrial carrier …

The genetic variation of rice cultivars provides a resource for further varietal improvement
through breeding. Some rice varieties are sensitive to benzobicyclon (BBC), a β-triketone …

Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis is an excellent target for antimalarial intervention. While
most studies have focused on the use of CoA to produce acetyl-CoA in the apicoplast and …

The self-assembled bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) is the basic component of the cell
membrane. The reconstitution of ion channel proteins in artificially formed BLMs represents …

In the glucose-rich milieu of red blood cells, asexually replicating malarial parasites mainly
rely on glycolysis for ATP production, with limited carbon flux through the mitochondrial …

Photomixotrophic g rowth A (PmgA) is a pleiotropic regulator essential for growth under
photomixotrophic and prolonged high-light (HL) conditions in the cyanobacterium …

Methods for functional analysis of proteins specifically localizing to lipid monolayers such as
rubber particles and lipid droplets are limited. We have succeeded in establishing a system …

Malaria causes about 216 million clinical cases and 0.7 million deaths annually. One
promising route to address malaria is vaccination. However, so far, not even a single …