Maturation and substrate processing topography of the Plasmodium falciparum invasion/egress protease plasmepsin X
Egress of Plasmodium from host erythrocytes is mediated by effector proteins. Aspartic protease plasmepsin X (PM X) regulates the activity for many of these effectors, is essential for replication and is a promising drug target. Here, Mukherjee et al. map the self-cleavage sites of PM X, show that t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32271-7 |
Summary: | Egress of Plasmodium from host erythrocytes is mediated by effector proteins. Aspartic protease plasmepsin X (PM X) regulates the activity for many of these effectors, is essential for replication and is a promising drug target. Here, Mukherjee et al. map the self-cleavage sites of PM X, show that the N-terminal part of its prodomain is required for intracellular trafficking and correlate the maturation and subcellular activity of PM X in microneme, exoneme and rhoptry organelle function. |
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ISSN: | 2041-1723 |