Disulfide linkages in Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin-i are essential elements for its processing activity and multi-milligram recombinant production yield.

Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin-I (PM-I) has been considered a potential drug target for the parasite that causes fatal malaria in human. Determination of PM-I structures for rational design of its inhibitors is hindered by the difficulty in obtaining large quantity of soluble enzyme. Nearly all at...

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Main Authors: Sirisak Lolupiman, Pilaiwan Siripurkpong, Jirundon Yuvaniyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3930733?pdf=render