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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2020

X-ray crystal structure and specificity of the Toxoplasma gondii ME49 TgAPN2.

Emilia M Marijanovic, Karolina Weronika Swiderska, James Andersen, Jasmin C Aschenbrenner, Chaille T Webb, Marcin Drag, Nyssa Drinkwater, Sheena McGowan

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Emilia M MarijanovicBiomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Karolina Weronika SwiderskaDepartment of Chemical Biology and Bioimaging, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
James AndersenBiomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Jasmin C AschenbrennerBiomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Chaille T WebbBiomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Marcin DragDepartment of Chemical Biology and Bioimaging, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
Nyssa DrinkwaterBiomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Sheena McGowanBiomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AUWrocław University of Science and Technology · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by infection with Toxoplasma gondii that currently has few therapeutic options. The M1 aminopeptidase enzymes have been shown to be attractive targets for anti-parasitic agents and/or vaccine candidates, suggesting potential to re-purpose inhibitors between parasite M1 aminopeptidase targets. The M1 aminopeptidase TgAPN2 has been suggested to be a potential new drug target for toxoplasmosis. Here we investigate the structure and function of TgAPN2, a homologue of the antimalarial drug target PfA-M1, and evaluate the capacity to use inhibitors that target PfA-M1 against TgAPN2. The results show that despite a similar overall fold, the TgAPN2 has a unique substrate specificity and inhibition profile. Sequence and structure differences are investigated and show how comparative structure-activity relationships may provide a route to obtaining potent inhibitors of TgAPN2.

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AminopeptidasesCrystallography, X-RayProtozoan ProteinsToxoplasmaAminopeptidasesProtozoan Proteinsaminopeptidase NM1 aminopeptidasemetalloproteasesPfA-M1Toxoplasma gondii

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PMID32926129
PMCPMC7557147
OpenAlexW3085863103

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