Cell BiologybioRxiv
Co-chaperone involvement in knob biogenesis implicates host-derived chaperones in malaria virulence
M. Diehl, S. Weber, M. Cyrklaff…·J. M. Przyborski
This study shows that the malaria parasite protein PFA66, a J-domain protein, works with host-derived HSP70 to facilitate knob biogenesis and cytoadherence in infected erythrocytes.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009969