About the Authors

Marcin Poreba

Affiliation Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

Sheena McGowan

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Tina S. Skinner-Adams

Affiliations Malaria Biology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Griffith Medical Research College, Joint Program of Griffith University and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Katharine R. Trenholme

Affiliations Malaria Biology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Griffith Medical Research College, Joint Program of Griffith University and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Donald L. Gardiner

Affiliations Malaria Biology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Griffith Medical Research College, Joint Program of Griffith University and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

James C. Whisstock

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Joyce To

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Guy S. Salvesen

Affiliation Program in Apoptosis and Cell Death Research, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

John P. Dalton

john.dalton@mcgill.ca (JD); marcin.drag@pwr.wroc.pl (MD)

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Marcin Drag

john.dalton@mcgill.ca (JD); marcin.drag@pwr.wroc.pl (MD)

Affiliations Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, Program in Apoptosis and Cell Death Research, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP JPD GSS MD. Performed the experiments: MP SM TSSA KRT JT MD. Analyzed the data: MP DLG JCW JPD GSS MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP MD JPD JT. Wrote the paper: MP JPD GSS MD.