The natural function of the malaria parasite’s chloroquine resistance transporter

Autor: Sarah H. Shafik, Simon A. Cobbold, Kawthar Barkat, Sashika N. Richards, Nicole S. Lancaster, Manuel Llinás, Simon J. Hogg, Robert L. Summers, Malcolm J. McConville, Rowena E. Martin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17781-6
Popis: Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) mediates multidrug resistance, but its natural function remains unclear. Here, Shafik et al. show that PfCRT transports host-derived peptides of 4-11 residues but not other ions or metabolites, and that drug-resistance-conferring PfCRT mutants have reduced peptide transport.
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