<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meena, Chhuttan L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hingamire, Tejashri</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gupta, Tanya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deshmukh, Bhagyashree</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karmodiya, Krishanpal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joshi, Rakesh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shanmugam, Dhanasekaran</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sanjayan, Gangadhar J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Histidinal-based potent antimalarial agents</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ChemMedChem</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">artemisinin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">chloroquine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">digestive vacuole</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">docking</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">falcipains</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">falciparum</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Herein we report the synthesis and evaluation of peptide-histidinal conjugated drug scaffolds, which have the potential to target the hemoglobin-degrading proteases falcipain-2/3 from the human malaria parasite. Scaffolds with various substitutions were tested for antimalarial activity, and compounds 8 g, 8 h, and 15 exhibited EC50 values of similar to 0.018 mu M, similar to 0.069 mu M, and similar to 0.02 mu M, respectively. Structure-based docking studies on falcipain-2/3 proteases (PDB:2GHU and PDB:3BWK) revealed that compounds 8 g, 8 h, and 15 interact strongly with binding sites of falcipain-2/3 in a substrate-like manner. In silico ADME studies revealed that the molecules of interest showed no or minimal violations of drug-likeness parameters. Further, phenotypic assays revealed that compound 8 g and its biotinylated version inhibit hemoglobin degradation in the parasite food vacuole. The identification of falcipain-2/3 targeting potent inhibitors of the malaria parasite can serve as a starting point for the development of lead compounds as future antimalarial drug candidates.&lt;/p&gt;
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