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Parasite population genetic studies have identified numerous genes, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and transcriptional signatures associated with altered artemisinin activity with SNPs in the Kelch13 (K13) gene being the most well-characterized artemisinin resistance marker. However, there is an increasing evidence that resistance to artemisinin in\n            <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n            is not related only to K13 SNPs, prompting the need to characterize other novel genes that can alter ART responses in\n            <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n            . In our previous analyses of\n            <jats:italic>P. falciparum piggyBac<\/jats:italic>\n            mutants, several genes of unknown function exhibited increased sensitivity to artemisinin that was similar to a mutant of K13. Further analysis of these genes and their gene co-expression networks indicated that the ART sensitivity cluster was functionally linked to DNA replication and repair, stress responses, and maintenance of homeostatic nuclear activity. In this study, we have characterized PF3D7_1136600, another member of the ART sensitivity cluster. Previously annotated as a conserved\n            <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>\n            gene of unknown function, we now provide putative annotation of this gene as a Modulator of Ring Stage Translation (MRST). Our findings reveal that the mutagenesis of MRST affects gene expression of multiple translation-associated pathways during the early ring stage of asexual development via putative ribosome assembly and maturation activity, suggesting an essential role of MRST in protein biosynthesis and another novel mechanism of altering the parasite\u2019s ART drug response.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n              malaria killed more than 600,000 people in 2021, though ACTs have been critical in reducing malaria mortality as a first-line treatment for infection. However, ACT resistance in Southeast Asia and emerging resistance in Africa are detrimental to this progress. Mutations to Kelch13 (K13) have been identified to confer increased artemisinin tolerance in field isolates, however, genes other than K13 are implicated in altering how the parasite responds to artemisinin prompts additional analysis. Therefore, in this study we have characterized a\n              <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n              mutant clone with altered sensitivity to artemisinin and identified a novel gene (PF3D7_1136600) that is associated with alterations to parasite translational metabolism during critical timepoints for artemisinin drug response. Many genes of the\n              <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n              genome remain unannotated, posing a challenge for drug\u2013gene characterizations in the parasite. 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