An international research team led by Dr. Daniel Ken Inaoka has uncovered a unique biochemical mechanism that enables the parasitic worm Schistosoma mansoni to survive in sulfide-rich environments within the human body.
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An international research team led by Nagasaki University has elucidated, at the atomic level, the three-dimensional structure and reaction mechanism of the key energy-metabolism enzyme acetate: succinate CoA-transferase (ASCT) present in the mitochondria of Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), the protozoan parasite that causes African sleeping sickness (Human African trypanosomiasis).
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A research project led by Professor Daniel Ken Inaoka, in collaboration with Professor Yohei Doi of Fujita Health University, focusing on the development of a novel antibiotic with a new mechanism-of-action (MoA) against Klebsiella species (Klebsiella pneumoniae), has been selected to be part of the international research consortium Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator (Gr-ADI).
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