Affinity-purified Plasmodium tubulin provides a key reagent for antimalarial drug development

Hirst et al. used a TOG-domain-based affinity-purification approach to reconstitute and define the in vitro dynamics of blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum alpha beta-tubulin. This provides a key reagent for defining parasite microtubule (MT) dynamics and for evaluating the efficacy of anti-MT drugs throughout the complex parasite life cycle.

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Hirst et al. used an affinity-purification approach based on TOG domains to reconstitute and define the in vitro dynamics of blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum alpha beta-tubulin. This study provides a crucial reagent for studying parasite microtubule dynamics and evaluating the efficacy of anti-microtubule drugs throughout the complex parasite life cycle.