Structural basis of the substrate recognition and inhibition mechanism of Plasmodium falciparum nucleoside transporter PfENT1

oleh: Chen Wang, Leiye Yu, Jiying Zhang, Yanxia Zhou, Bo Sun, Qingjie Xiao, Minhua Zhang, Huayi Liu, Jinhong Li, Jialu Li, Yunzi Luo, Jie Xu, Zhong Lian, Jingwen Lin, Xiang Wang, Peng Zhang, Li Guo, Ruobing Ren, Dong Deng

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01

Deskripsi

PfENT1 is a promising antimalarial drug target. Here, authors report cryo-EM structures of PfENT1 that, together with biochemical work, suggests PfENT1 is an inosine transporter and describe the inhibitory mechanism of the endofacial inhibitor, GSK4.