American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 10(66), 2022
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00817-22
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The proteasome is a promising target for antimalarial chemotherapy. We assessed ex vivo susceptibilities of fresh Plasmodium falciparum isolates from eastern Uganda to seven proteasome inhibitors: two asparagine ethylenediamines, two macrocyclic peptides, and three peptide boronates; five had median IC 50 values <100 nM.