The protein kinase CK2 catalytic domain from Plasmodium falciparum: crystal structure, tyrosine kinase activity and inhibition

Abstract 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 euk...

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Main Authors: David Ruiz-Carrillo, Jianqing Lin, Abbas El Sahili, Meng Wei, Siu Kwan Sze, Peter C. F. Cheung, Christian Doerig, Julien Lescar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25738-5