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Plasmepsin V shows its carnivorous side

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Export of effector proteins is crucial for the virulence program of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. A crystal structure of the Plasmodium vivax processing enzyme essential for protein export reveals noncanonical aspartic protease features and provides an avenue for antimalarial drug development.

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Figure 1: Features of plasmepsin V.

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  • 12 October 2015

    In the version of this article initially published, the strapline mistakenly described a crystal structure of the Plasmodium falciparum enzyme. Plasmodium vivax is the correct species. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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