From compound to target: chemical proteomics and in silico screening identify Hsp90 and CDPK2 as putative targets in Plasmodium falciparum
Leonardo Lauciello, Shaheen Ahmed, Bianca Derrer, Barbara Kappes, Tai Wang, Werner Seebacher, Léonardo Scapozza, Remo Perozzo · Malaria Journal · 2012
Background For several years now, Plasmodium falciparum is developing resistance to drugs in use. There is hence an urgent need for new treatments as well as new targets. By identifying the targets of novel or known active molecules with unknown mechanisms of action, it is possible to guide the development of new chemical entities towards their clinical application. This project aims at finding the putative target(s) of CP1, a new molecule in the development phase, and of triclosan, a well-known antibacterial and fungicide, by means of chemical proteomics and ligand based inverse virtual screening.