Selected publications

1. Lopaticki S, Yang ASP, John A, Scott NE, Lingford JP, O'Neill MT, Erickson SM, McKenzie NC, Jennison C, Whitehead LW, Douglas DN, Kneteman NM, Goddard-Borger ED*, Boddey JA*. Protein O-fucosylation in Plasmodium falciparum ensures efficient infection of mosquito and vertebrate hosts. Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 15;8(1):561. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00571-y. *corresponding authors PMID: 28916755
2. Yang ASP, Lopaticki S, O'Neill MT, Erickson SM, Douglas DN, Kneteman NM, Boddey JA. AMA1 and MAEBL are important for Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite infection of the liver. Cell Microbiol. 2017 Sep;19(9). doi: 10.1111/cmi.12745. Epub 2017 May 18. PMID: 28371168
3. Yang AS, O'Neill MT, Jennison C, Lopaticki S, Allison CC, Armistead JS, Erickson SM, Rogers KL, Ellisdon AM, Whisstock JC, Tweedell RE, Dinglasan RR, Douglas DN, Kneteman NM, Boddey JA. Cell Traversal Activity Is Important for Plasmodium falciparum Liver Infection in Humanized Mice. Cell Rep. 2017 Mar 28;18(13):3105-3116. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.03.017 PMID: 28355563
4. Boddey JA*, O'Neill MT, Lopaticki S, Carvalho TG, Hodder AN, Nebl T, Wawra S, van West P, Ebrahimzadeh Z, Richard D, Flemming S, Spielmann T, Przyborski J, Babon JJ, Cowman AF*. Export of malaria proteins requires co-translational processing of the PEXEL motif independent of phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate binding. Nat Commun. 2016 1;7:10470. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10470. *corresponding authors PMID: 26832821
5. Coffey MJ, Sleebs BE, Uboldi AD, Garnham AL, Franco M, Marino ND, Panas MW, Ferguson DJ, Enciso M, O'Neill MT, Lopaticki S, Stewart RJ, Dewson G, Smyth GK, Smith BJ, Masters SL, Boothroyd JC, Boddey JA*, Tonkin CJ*. An aspartyl protease defines a novel pathway for export of Toxoplasma proteins into the host cell. Elife. 2015 4:e10809. doi: 10.7554/eLife.10809. *corresponding authors PMID: 26576949
6. Hodder AN, Sleebs BE, Czabotar PE, Gazdik M, Xu Y, O'Neill MT, Lopaticki S, Nebl T, Triglia T, Smith BJ, Lowes K, Boddey JA*, Cowman AF*. Structural basis for plasmepsin V inhibition that blocks export of malaria proteins to human erythrocytes. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2015 Aug;22(8):590-6. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3061. Epub 2015 Jul 27. *corresponding authors. PMID: 26214367
7. Sleebs BE, Gazdik M, O'Neill MT, Rajasekaran P, Lopaticki S, Lackovic K, Lowes K, Smith BJ, Cowman AF, Boddey JA. Transition state mimetics of the Plasmodium export element are potent inhibitors of plasmepsin V from P. falciparum and P. vivax. J Med Chem. 2014 Sep 11;In Press. PMID: 25167370.
8. Sleebs BE, Lopaticki S, Marapana DS, O'Neill MT, Rajasekaran P, Gazdik M, Gunther S, Whitehead LW, Lowes KN, Barfod L, Hviid L, Shaw PJ, Hodder AN, Smith BJ, Cowman AF, Boddey JA. Inhibition of Plasmepsin V activity demonstrates its essential role in protein export, PfEMP1 display, and survival of malaria parasites. PLoS Biol. 2014 Jul;12(7):e1001897. PMID: 24983235. 
9. Boddey JA, Hodder AN, Gunther S, Gilson PR, Patsiouras H, Kapp EA, Pearce JA, de Koning-Ward TF, Simpson RJ, Crabb BS, Cowman AF. An aspartyl protease directs malaria effector proteins to the host cell. Nature. 2010 Feb 4;463(7281):627-31. PMID: 20130643.
10. de Koning-Ward TF, Gilson PR, Boddey JA, Rug M, Smith BJ, Papenfuss AT, Sanders PR, Lundie RJ, Maier AG, Cowman AF, Crabb BS. A newly discovered protein export machine in malaria parasites. Nature. 2009 Jun 18;459(7249):945-9. PMID: 19536257.