| Literature DB >> 22450967 |
Tina S Skinner-Adams1, Christopher L Peatey, Karen Anderson, Katharine R Trenholme, David Krige, Christopher L Brown, Colin Stack, Desire M M Nsangou, Rency T Mathews, Karine Thivierge, John P Dalton, Donald L Gardiner.
Abstract
Malaria remains a significant risk in many areas of the world, with resistance to the current antimalarial pharmacopeia an ever-increasing problem. The M1 alanine aminopeptidase (PfM1AAP) and M17 leucine aminopeptidase (PfM17LAP) are believed to play a role in the terminal stages of digestion of host hemoglobin and thereby generate a pool of free amino acids that are essential for parasite growth and development. Here, we show that an orally bioavailable aminopeptidase inhibitor, CHR-2863, is efficacious against murine malaria.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22450967 PMCID: PMC3370795 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06245-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191