2022
High-resolution crystal structure and chemical screening reveal pantothenate kinase as a new target for antifungal development
Gihaz S, Gareiss P, Choi JY, Renard I, Pal AC, Surovsteva Y, Chiu JE, Thekkiniath J, Plummer M, Hungerford W, Montgomery ML, Hosford A, Adams EM, Lightfoot JD, Fox D, Ojo KK, Staker BL, Fuller K, Ben Mamoun C. High-resolution crystal structure and chemical screening reveal pantothenate kinase as a new target for antifungal development. Structure 2022, 30: 1494-1507.e6. PMID: 36167065, PMCID: PMC10042587, DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2022.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrystal structureHigh-throughput chemical screenHigh-resolution crystal structuresAntifungal drug developmentHigh-affinity inhibitorsEukaryotic pathogensChemical screenNew compoundsSingle chemotypeFunctional analysisLigand bindingAntifungal developmentPantothenate phosphorylationFungal isolatesPantothenate kinaseNew targetsFungiPanKPromising targetEnzymeDrug developmentNew mechanismCatalysisBiosynthesisKinase
1999
A set of independent selectable markers for transfection of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Mamoun C, Gluzman I, Goyard S, Beverley S, Goldberg D. A set of independent selectable markers for transfection of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 8716-8720. PMID: 10411941, PMCID: PMC17582, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8716.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelectable markerPlasmodium gene functionHuman malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparumMalaria parasite Plasmodium falciparumP. falciparum genomeBlasticidin S deaminaseParasite Plasmodium falciparumOnly selectable markerHuman malaria pathogenPlasmid copy numberEssential genesFalciparum genomeGene functionIndependent selectable markersPlasmodium falciparumGenomic informationGenetic manipulationGene promoterNeo expressionFunctional analysisPlasmid replicationTn 5Copy numberDihydrofolate reductaseMalaria pathogen