pH-dependence of the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter is linked to the transport cycle
Abstract The chloroquine resistance transporter, PfCRT, of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is sensitive to acidic pH. Consequently, PfCRT operates at 60% of its maximal drug transport activity at the pH of 5.2 of the digestive vacuole, a proteolytic organelle from which PfCRT expels...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39969-2 |