High-throughput screening of the Plasmodium falciparum cGMP-dependent protein kinase identified a thiazole scaffold which kills erythrocytic and sexual stage parasites

Abstract Antimalarial drug resistance compels the quest for new compounds that target alternative pathways to current drugs. The Plasmodium cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) has essential functions in all of the major life cycle developmental stages. An imidazopyridine PKG inhibitor scaffold...

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Main Authors: Maria Penzo, Laura de las Heras-Dueña, Lydia Mata-Cantero, Beatriz Diaz-Hernandez, Maria-Jesus Vazquez-Muñiz, Sonja Ghidelli-Disse, Gerard Drewes, Elena Fernandez-Alvaro, David A. Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42801-x