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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Autores principales: Vinetz, Joseph M., Dave, Sanat K., Specht, Charles A., Brameld, Kenneth A., Xu, Bo, Hayward, Rhian, Fidock, David A.
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 1999
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Biological Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC24190/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10570198
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