Abstract:
:Malaria, caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, remains one of the most dreadful infectious diseases worldwide killing more than 1 million people per year. The emergence of multidrug-resistant parasites highly demands a steadfast and continuous search not only for new targets but also for new anti-infectives addressing the known ones. As proteases in general have been proven to be excellent drug targets and the development of inhibitors has frequently resulted in approved drugs, this review will only focus on the proteases of Plasmodium falciparum as drug targets. The completion of the sequencing of the Plasmodium falciparum genome in 2002 lead to the discovery of nearly 100 putative proteases encoded therein. Within this review, only those proteases and inhibitors thereof will be discussed in more detail, in which their biological function has been determined undoubtedly or in those cases, in which the development of specific inhibitors has significantly contributed to the understanding of the underlying biological role of the respective protease thus validating the role as promising drug target.
journal_name
Curr Top Med Chemjournal_title
Current topics in medicinal chemistryauthors
Wegscheid-Gerlach C,Gerber HD,Diederich WEdoi
10.2174/156802610790725461subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-01-01 00:00:00pages
346-67issue
3eissn
1568-0266issn
1873-4294pii
BSP/ CTMC /E-Pub/-0021-10-3journal_volume
10pub_type
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