Blar i Department of Biomedicine på forfatter "Vahokoski, Juha"
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Apicomplexan actin polymerization depends on nucleation
Kumpula, Esa-Pekka; Pires, Isa; Lasiwa, Davki; Piirainen, Henni; Bergmann, Ulrich; Vahokoski, Juha; Kursula, Inari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-22)Filamentous actin is critical for apicomplexan motility and host cell invasion. Yet, parasite actin filaments are short and unstable. Their kinetic characterization has been hampered by the lack of robust quantitative ... -
Biophysical analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-Hsp90 organising protein (PfHop) reveals a monomer that is characterised by folded segments connected by flexible linkers
Makumire, Stanley; Zininga, Tawanda; Vahokoski, Juha; Kursula, Inari; Shonhai, Addmore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Plasmodium falciparum causes the most lethal form of malaria. The cooperation of heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 and 90 is thought to facilitate folding of select group of cellular proteins that are crucial for cyto-protection ... -
High-resolution structures of malaria parasite actomyosin and actin filaments
Vahokoski, Juha; Calder, Lesley J.; Moreno, Andrea Johana Lopez; Molloy, Justin E.; Kursula, Inari; Rosenthal, Peter B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-04)Malaria is responsible for half a million deaths annually and poses a huge economic burden on the developing world. The mosquito-borne parasites (Plasmodium spp.) that cause the disease depend upon an unconventional ...