MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
PfApiAT2 is a proline transporter essential for the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum by the mosquito vector.
Malhar Khushu, R. Charles Kissell, Jamie Kauffman…·Selina E. R. Bopp
The paper identifies PfApiAT2 as a proline transporter essential for Plasmodium falciparum oocyst development in mosquitoes, showing that its absence leads to defective sporozoite production and oocyst degeneration.