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The protein kinase CK2 catalytic domain from Plasmodium falciparum: crystal structure, tyrosine kinase activity and inhibition.
Scientific reports - 9 May 2018
Ruiz-Carrillo David, Lin Jianqing, El Sahili Abbas, Wei Meng, Sze Siu Kwan, Cheung Peter C F, Doerig Christian, Lescar Julien
Abstract excerpt
Malaria causes every year over half-a-million deaths. The emergence of parasites resistant to available treatments makes the identification of new targets and their inhibitors an urgent task for the development of novel anti-malaria drugs. Protein kinase CK2 is an evolutionary-conserved eukaryotic serine/threonine protein kinase that in Plasmodium falciparum (PfCK2) has been characterized as a promising target...
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