Computational screening of natural inhibitors against Plasmodium falciparum kinases: Toward novel antimalarial therapies.

ABSTRACT: An important worldwide problem is the resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to practically all antimalarial medications. Therefore, new treatment approaches are urgently needed. The development of antimalarial medications frequently involves two important therapeutic targets: casein kinase 2 (CK2) and cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG). To identify naturally occurring chemicals that could be used as antimalarial medications to combat multidrug-resistant P. falciparum, we used a multi-targeted in silico strategy in this study. The top 20 compounds, including the reference drug RY-1-65, were selected after pharmacophore-based virtual screening of naturally produced compounds. These compounds were subsequently docked onto both target proteins using Maestro (Schrödinger 2020-3). The best-scorin

SUBMITTER: Alruwaili M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12798981 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature