Plasmodium falciparum stomatin-like protein forms a putative complex with a metalloprotease in distinct mitochondrial loci
Julie M.J. Verhoef, Ezra T. Bekkering, Cas Boshoven, Megan Hannon, Felix Evers, Nicholas I. Proellochs, Cornelia G. Spruijt, Taco W. A. Kooij
This study identifies STOML as a mitochondrial protein in Plasmodium falciparum that forms a complex with FtsH metalloprotease, supporting its role in asexual blood-stage development.
PLoS Pathogens · Feb 9, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology