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Conformational co-dependence between Plasmodium berghei LCCL proteins promotes complex formation and stability.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Oct 2012
Saeed Sadia, Tremp Annie Z, Dessens Johannes T
Abstract excerpt
Malaria parasites express a conserved family of LCCL-lectin adhesive-like domain proteins (LAPs) that have essential functions in sporozoite transmission. In Plasmodium falciparum all six family members are expressed in gametocytes and form a multi-protein complex. Intriguingly, knockout of P. falciparum LCCL proteins adversely affects expression of other family members at protein, but not at mRNA level, a...
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