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Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast and its transcriptional regulation through calcium signaling
Praveen Rai , Drista Sharma , Rani Soni , Nazia Khatoon , Bhaskar Sharma , Tarun Kumar Bhatt
J. Microbiol. 2017;55(4):231-236.   Published online March 1, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-017-6525-1
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Malaria has been present since ancient time and remains a major global health problem in developing countries. Plas-modium falciparum belongs to the phylum Apicomplexan, largely contain disease-causing parasites and characterized by the presence of apicoplast. It is a very essential organelle of P. falciparum responsible for the synthesis of key mole-cules required for the growth of the parasite. Indispensable nature of apicoplast makes it a potential drug target. Calcium signaling is important in the establishment of malaria para-site inside the host. It has been involved in invasion and egress of merozoites during the asexual life cycle of the parasite. Calcium signaling also regulates apicoplast metabolism. There-fore, in this review, we will focus on the role of apicoplast in malaria biology and its metabolic regulation through Ca++ signaling.

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