<?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%">Mishra, Manasi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, Vigyasa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tellis, Meenakshi B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joshi, Rakesh S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pandey, Kailash C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, Shailja</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cyclic peptide engineered from phytocystatin inhibitory hairpin loop as an effective modulator of falcipains and potent antimalarial</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Biomolecular Structure &amp; Dynamics</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cyclic peptide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">falcipain inhibitors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">falciparum</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytocystatin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">protein interaction mimics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">protein&amp;\#8211</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</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%">40</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3642-3654</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	Cystatins are classical competitive inhibitors of C1 family cysteine proteases (papain family). Phytocystatin superfamily shares high sequence homology and typical tertiary structure with conserved glutamine-valine-glycine (Q-X-V-X-G) loop blocking the active site of C1 proteases. Here, we develop a cysteine-bounded cyclic peptide (CYS-cIHL) and linear peptide (CYS-IHL), using the conserved inhibitory hairpin loop amino acid sequence. Using an in silico approach based on modeling, protein-peptide docking, molecular dynamics simulations and calculation of free energy of binding, we designed and validated inhibitory peptides against falcipain-2 (FP-2) and -3 (FP-3), cysteine proteases from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Falcipains are critical hemoglobinases of P. falciparum that are validated targets for the development of antimalarial therapies. CYS-cIHL was able to bind with micromolar affinity to FP-2 and modulate its binding with its substrate, hemoglobin in in vitro and in vivo assays. CYS-cIHL could effectively block parasite growth and displayed antimalarial activity in culture assays with no cytotoxicity towards human cells. These results indicated that cyclization can substantially increase the peptide affinity to the target. Furthermore, this can be applied as an effective strategy for engineering peptide inhibitory potency against proteases.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><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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	Foreign&lt;/p&gt;
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