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Table 2 Summary of predicted drug-target associations for two FDA-approved drugs, azelaic acid and mupirocin

From: Exploring anti-malarial potential of FDA approved drugs: an in silico approach

Gene ID

Protein description

Expression of proteins in different developmental stages

UniProt ID of related target

Protein description

Source organism

Seq. Identity (%)

Structural similarity, TM-score (cut-off >0.5)

Associated drug

Sp

R

T

Sc

M

G

PF3D7_0311200

Valine-tRNA ligase

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

×

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

20

0.82

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_0622800

Leucine-tRNA ligase

×

✓

✓

×

✓

×

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

20

0.64

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_0828200

Leucine-tRNA ligase

✓

×

✓

×

✓

✓

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

20

0.68

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_1005000

Methionine-tRNA ligase

✓

✓

✓

×

✓

✓

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

22

0.97

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_1015200

Cysteine-tRNA ligase

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

22

0.80

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_1034900

Methionine-tRNA ligase

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

×

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

24

0.77

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_1225100

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

✓

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

29

0.97

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_1332900

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

28

0.78

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_1461900

Valine-tRNA ligase

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

P41972

Isoleucine-tRNA ligase

Staphylococcus aureus

25

0.75

DB00410: Mupirocin

PF3D7_0203900

5′-3′ exonuclease, N-terminal resolvase-like domain

×

×

✓

✓

×

×

P19821

DNA polymerase I

Thermus aquaticus

25

0.88

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_0616800

Malate:quinone oxidoreductase

✓

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

21

0.61

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_0625300

DNA polymerase I

×

×

✓

✓

×

✓

P00582

DNA polymerase I

Escherichia coli

23

0.93

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_0720400

Ferridoxin reductase-like

✓

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

20

0.64

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_0815900

Lipoamide dehydrogenase

✓

✓

✓

×

×

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

22

0.67

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_0915000

Type-II NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase

×

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

20

0.63

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_0923800

Thioredoxin reductase

×

×

✓

✓

×

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

24

0.67

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_1034400

Flavoprotein subunit of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHA)

✓

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

23

0.62

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_1232200

Dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase, mitochondrial

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

21

0.67

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_1411400

Plastid replication-repair enzyme (PREX)

✓

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P00582

DNA polymerase I

Escherichia coli

25

0.83

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_1419800

Glutathione reductase

✓

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

23

0.63

DB00548: Azelaic acid

PF3D7_1435300

NAD(P)H-dependent glutamate synthase

✓

×

✓

✓

✓

✓

P66010

Thioredoxin reductase

Staphylococcus aureus

24

0.65

DB00548: Azelaic acid

  1. The different developmental stages of the parasite during its lifecycle in human are represented as: Sp sporozoite, R ring, T trophozoite, Sc schizont, M merozoite, G gametocyte. Tick symbols indicate up-regulated expression of the protein