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Despite this, features contributing to such have not been exploited for anti-malarial drug design. Additionally, there are no anti-malarial drugs targeting PTKTs whereas the broad activity of these inhibitors against PTKTs from other<jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>spp. is yet to be reported. 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Additionally, TKT models of<jats:italic>Pf<\/jats:italic>TKT,<jats:italic>Pm<\/jats:italic>TKT,<jats:italic>Po<\/jats:italic>TKT,<jats:italic>Pm<\/jats:italic>TKT and<jats:italic>Pk<\/jats:italic>TKT were modelled using the<jats:italic>Saccharomyces cerevisiae<\/jats:italic>TKT structure as template. Based on the modelled structures, molecular docking using 623 South African natural compounds was done. The stability, conformational changes and detailed interactions of selected compounds were accessed viz all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and binding free energy (BFE) calculations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sequence alignment, evolutionary and motif analyses revealed key differences between plasmodial and the human TKTs. High quality homodimeric three-dimensional PTKTs structures were constructed. Molecular docking results identified three compounds (SANC00107, SANC00411 and SANC00620) which selectively bind in the active site of all PTKTs with the lowest (better) binding affinity\u2009\u2264\u2009\u2212\u20098.5\u00a0kcal\/mol. MD simulations of ligand-bound systems showed stable fluctuations upon ligand binding. In all systems, ligands bind stably throughout the simulation and form crucial interactions with key active site residues. Simulations of selected compounds in complex with human TKT showed that ligands exited their binding sites at different time steps. BFE of protein\u2013ligand complexes showed key residues involved in binding.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study highlights significant differences between plasmodial and human TKTs and may provide valuable information for the development of novel anti-malarial inhibitors. 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