Co-option of Plasmodium falciparum PP1 for egress from host erythrocytes

Plasmodium protein phosphatase PP1 is essential for the asexual proliferation of malaria parasites. Here the authors show that PP1 regulates egress of parasites from host red blood cells, integrating parasite intrinsic pathways with environmental signals for release into the bloodstream.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aditya S. Paul, Alexandra Miliu, Joao A. Paulo, Jonathan M. Goldberg, Arianna M. Bonilla, Laurence Berry, Marie Seveno, Catherine Braun-Breton, Aziz L. Kosber, Brendan Elsworth, Jose S. N. Arriola, Maryse Lebrun, Steven P. Gygi, Mauld H. Lamarque, Manoj T. Duraisingh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17306-1