The chitinase PfCHT1 from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum lacks proenzyme and chitin-binding domains and displays unique substrate preferences
Within hours after the ingestion of a blood meal, the mosquito midgut epithelium synthesizes a chitinous sac, the peritrophic matrix. Plasmodium ookinetes traverse the peritrophic matrix while escaping the mosquito midgut. Chitinases (EC 3.2.1.14) are critical for parasite invasion of the midgut: th...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A |
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National Academy of Sciences
1999
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| Online-Zugang: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC24190/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10570198/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.24.14061 |
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