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ArticleMolecular and biochemical parasitology2017

Receptor for Activated C-Kinase 1 (PfRACK1) is required for Plasmodium falciparum intra-erythrocytic proliferation.

Karin Blomqvist, Christen DiPetrillo, Vincent A Streva, Stewart Pine, Jeffrey D Dvorin

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Article in Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. eLife · 2020
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  4. RACK1 on and off the ribosome.RNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Karin BlomqvistBoston Children's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Karolinska Institutet, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Christen DiPetrilloBoston Children's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Vincent A StrevaBoston Children's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stewart PineBoston Children's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jeffrey D DvorinBoston Children's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: jeffrey.dvorin@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research TrainingT32HD055148 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WESSELS, MICHAEL R · 2008 to 2018
$2.7M
Essential gene discovery in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparumDP2AI112219 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI DVORIN, JEFFREY D · 2013 to 2013
$2.6M
Molecular characterization and substrate identification of malaria kinase PfCDPK5R01AI102907 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI DVORIN, JEFFREY D · 2014 to 2017
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS DP2 AI112219NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI102907NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD055148
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging resistance to current anti-malarials necessitates a more detailed understanding of the biological processes of Plasmodium falciparum proliferation, thus allowing identification of new drug targets. The well-conserved protein Receptor for Activated C-Kinase 1 (RACK1) was originally identified in mammalian cells as an anchoring protein for protein kinase C (PKC) and has since been shown to be important for cell migration, cytokinesis, transcription, epigenetics, and protein translation. The P. falciparum ortholog, PfRACK1, is expressed in blood stages of the parasite and is diffusely localized in the parasite cytoplasm. Using a destabilizing domain to allow inducible knockdown of the endogenous protein level, we evaluated the requirement for PfRACK1 during blood-stage replication. Following destabilization, the parasites demonstrate a nearly complete growth arrest at the trophozoite stage. The essential nature of PfRACK1 suggests that the protein itself or the pathways regulated by the protein are potential targets for novel anti-malarial therapeutics.

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ErythrocytesGene ExpressionGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansLife Cycle StagesMalaria, FalciparumPlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors for Activated C KinaseProtozoan ProteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors for Activated C KinaseMalariaPlasmodium falciparumReceptor of Activated C-Kinase 1 (RACK1)

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PMID27732881
PMCPMC5219851
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