Structure of Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 is essential for the interaction in vitro with Apical Membrane Antigen 1 in Plasmodium vivax.

Perla Salgado-MejiasFlavio L AlvesKátia S FrançosoKarin A RiskeEmerson R SilvaAntonio MirandaIrene S Soares

Published in: Malaria journal (2019)

The results show that the PvRON2 structure, particularly the S-S bond between C2051 and C2063, is determinant for the existence of the interaction between PvAMA1 and PvRON2.

Keyphrases

protein protein
amino acid
small molecule
solid state