The algal past and parasite present of the apicoplast

GG van Dooren, B Striepen - Annual review of microbiology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Plasmodium and Toxoplasma are genera of apicomplexan parasites that infect millions of
people each year. The former causes malaria, and the latter causes neurotropic infections …

Endocytosis in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma parasites

T Spielmann, S Gras, R Sabitzki, M Meissner - Trends in Parasitology, 2020 - cell.com
Endocytosis is critical for many functions in eukaryotic cells. Uptake of host cell cytosol, an
indispensable endocytic process in malaria blood-stage parasites, has been known for a …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum resistance to ACTs: Emergence, mechanisms, and outlook

FA Siddiqui, X Liang, L Cui - … Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to the frontline treatment
artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the epicenter of multidrug resistance of …

Functional screening reveals Toxoplasma prenylated proteins required for endocytic trafficking and rhoptry protein sorting

QQ Wang, M Sun, T Tang, DH Lai, J Liu, S Maity, K He… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the apicomplexans, endocytosed cargos (eg, hemoglobin) are trafficked to a specialized
organelle for digestion. This follows a unique endocytotic process at the …

Delayed death in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is caused by disruption of prenylation-dependent intracellular trafficking

K Kennedy, SA Cobbold, E Hanssen, J Birnbaum… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Apicomplexan parasites possess a plastid organelle called the apicoplast. Inhibitors that
selectively target apicoplast housekee** functions, including DNA replication and protein …

Insights into the intracellular localization, protein associations and artemisinin resistance properties of Plasmodium falciparum K13

NF Gnädig, BH Stokes, RL Edwards… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of artemisinin (ART) resistance in Plasmodium falciparum intra-erythrocytic
parasites has led to increasing treatment failure rates with first-line ART-based combination …

The apicoplast link to fever-survival and artemisinin-resistance in the malaria parasite

M Zhang, C Wang, J Oberstaller, P Thomas… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant to front-line
antimalarial artemisinin-combination therapies (ACT) threatens to erase the considerable …

Post-translational protein modifications in malaria parasites

C Doerig, JC Rayner, A Scherf, AB Tobin - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications play crucial parts in regulating protein function and thereby
control several fundamental aspects of eukaryotic biology, including cell signalling, protein …

The metabolic roles of the endosymbiotic organelles of Toxoplasma and Plasmodium spp.

L Sheiner, AB Vaidya, GI McFadden - Current opinion in microbiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Toxoplasma and Plasmodium possess two organelles of endosymbiotic origin:
the apicoplast, and the mitochondrion.•The mitochondrion hosts a complete TCA cycle and …

Over 40 years of fosmidomycin drug research: a comprehensive review and future opportunities

T Knak, MA Abdullaziz, S Höfmann, LA Alves Avelar… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
To address the continued rise of multi-drug-resistant microorganisms, the development of
novel drugs with new modes of action is urgently required. While humans biosynthesize the …