Involvement of translocon complex in hemoglobin import from infected erythrocyte cytoplasm into the Plasmodium parasite
Priya Gupta, Rajan Pandey, Vandana Thakur, Sadaf Parveen, Inderjeet Kaur, Ashutosh Panda, Rashmita Bishi, Sonali Mehrotra, Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Asif Mohmmed, Pawan Malhotra
This study identifies PfHDP's role in hemoglobin uptake by Plasmodium parasites and shows its interaction with the translocon complex, suggesting it as a target for antimalarial drugs.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2021 · PreprintMolecular Biology