Processing of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein MSP1 Activates a Spectrin-Binding Function Enabling Parasite Egress from RBCs - Das, Sujaan; Hertrich, Nadine; Perrin, Abigail J.; Withers-Martinez, Chrislaine; Collins, Christine R.; Jones, Matthew L.; Watermeyer, Jean M.; Fobes, Elmar T.; Martin, Stephen R.; Saibil, Helen R.; Wright, Gavin J.; Treeck, Moritz; et al. (Cell host & microbe, 2015)
Keywords: Erythrocytes - parasitology; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Humans; Merozoite Surface Protein 1 - chemistry; Merozoite Surface Protein 1 - metabolism; Merozoites - enzymology; Merozoites - physiology; Models, Biological; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum - enzymology; Plasmodium falciparum - physiology; Protein Binding; Protein Conformation; Protein Processing, Post-Translational; Proteolysis; Protozoan Proteins - metabolism; Spectrin - metabolism; Subtilisins - metabolism