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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Main Authors: Fiona Berger, Guillermo M. Gomez, Cecilia P. Sanchez, Britta Posch, Gabrielle Planelles, Farzin Sohraby, Ariane Nunes-Alves, Michael Lanzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39969-2