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| Title | Endogenous structure of antimalarial target PfATP4 reveals an apicomplexan-specific P-type ATPase modulator. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Page 9092, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | Oct 20, 2025 |
Authors | Meseret T Haile / Anurag Shukla / James Zhen / Michael W Mather / Suyash Bhatnagar / Joanne M Morrisey / Zhening Zhang / Akhil B Vaidya / Chi-Min Ho / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | The Plasmodium falciparum sodium efflux pump PfATP4 is a leading antimalarial target, but suffers from a lack of high-resolution structural information needed to identify functionally important ...The Plasmodium falciparum sodium efflux pump PfATP4 is a leading antimalarial target, but suffers from a lack of high-resolution structural information needed to identify functionally important features in conserved regions and guide rational design of next generation inhibitors. Here, we determine a 3.7 Å cryoEM structure of PfATP4 purified from CRISPR-engineered P. falciparum parasites, revealing a previously unknown, apicomplexan-specific binding partner, PfABP, which forms a conserved, likely modulatory interaction with PfATP4. The discovery of PfABP presents an unexplored avenue for designing PfATP4 inhibitors. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:41115914 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.8 Å |
| Structure data | ![]() EMDB-48800: P. falciparum P-type ATPase, PfATP4 re-centered in the P-domain EMDB-48801, PDB-9n10: |
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Keywords | MEMBRANE PROTEIN / P-type ATPase |
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