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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2025

Integrated structural biology of the native malarial translation machinery and its inhibition by an antimalarial drug.

Leonie Anton, Wenjing Cheng, Meseret T Haile, Jerzy M Dziekan, David W Cobb, Xiyan Zhu, Leyan Han, Emerson Li, Anjali Nair, Carolyn L Lee and 6 more

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Leonie Anton *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Wenjing Cheng *Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Meseret T Haile *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5512-5260
Jerzy M DziekanThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
David W CobbDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Xiyan ZhuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Leyan HanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Emerson LiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Anjali NairDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Carolyn L LeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Hanyu WangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Hangjun KeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Guoan ZhangProteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Emma H DoudCenter for Proteome Analysis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Alan F CowmanThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5145-9004
Chi-Min HoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. chi-min.ho@columbia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-7320

Funding

Molecular basis of effector protein export in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparumDP5OD029613 · OD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HO, CHI-MIN · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Proton pumping and energy metabolism of the ring stage malaria parasitesR01AI184855 · NIAID · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI Hangjun Ke · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI184855NIH HHS DP5 OD029613
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our understanding of cellular events is hampered by the gap between the resolution at which we can observe events inside cells and our ability to replicate physiological conditions in test tubes. Here, we show in Plasmodium falciparum, a non-model organism of high medical importance, that this gap can be bridged by using an integrated structural biology approach to visualize events inside the cell at molecular resolution. We determined eight high-resolution structures of the native malarial ribosome in actively translating states inside P. falciparum-infected human erythrocytes using in situ cryo-electron tomography. Following perturbation with a Plasmodium-specific translation inhibitor, we then observed a decrease in elongation factor-bound ribosomal states and an apparent upregulation of ribosome biogenesis in inhibitor-treated parasites. Our work elucidates new molecular details of the malarial translation elongation cycle and demonstrates direct multiscale visualization of drug-induced phenotypic changes in the structure and localization of individual molecules within the native cellular context.

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AntimalarialsPlasmodium falciparumProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesCryoelectron MicroscopyElectron Microscope TomographyErythrocytesHumansMalaria, FalciparumModels, MolecularProtozoan ProteinsAntimalarialsProtozoan Proteins

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PMID40825879
PMCPMC12618226

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