A type II protein arginine methyltransferase regulates merozoite invasion in Plasmodium falciparum

Abstract Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) regulate many important cellular processes, such as transcription and RNA processing in model organisms but their functions in human malaria parasites are not elucidated. Here, we characterize PfPRMT5 in Plasmodium falciparum, which catalyzes symm...

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Main Authors: Amuza Byaruhanga Lucky, Chengqi Wang, Min Liu, Xiaoying Liang, Hui Min, Qi Fan, Faiza Amber Siddiqui, Swamy Rakesh Adapa, Xiaolian Li, Rays H. Y. Jiang, Xiaoguang Chen, Liwang Cui, Jun Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05038-z