Article
Functional analyses of plasmodium ferredoxin Asp97Tyr mutant related to artemisinin resistance of human malaria parasites.
Journal of biochemistry - 4 Dec 2021
Kimata-Ariga Yoko, Morihisa Rena
Abstract excerpt
Mutation of Asp97Tyr in the C-terminal region of ferredoxin (PfFd) in the apicoplast of malaria parasites was recently reported to be strongly related to the parasite's resistance to the frontline antimalarial drug, artemisinin. We previously showed that the aromatic amino acid in the C-terminal region of PfFd is important for the interaction with its electron transfer partner, Fd-NADP+ reductase (PfFNR). Here,...
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