Structural insights into chondroitin sulfate binding in pregnancy-associated malaria.

Abstract:

:Malaria during pregnancy is caused when parasite-infected erythrocytes accumulate within the placenta through interactions between the VAR2CSA protein on the infected erythrocyte surface and placental CSPGs (chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans). This interaction is the major target for therapeutics to treat or prevent pregnancy-associated malaria. Here we review the structural characterization of CSPG-binding DBL (Duffy-binding like) domains from VAR2CSA and summarize the growing evidence that the exquisite ligand specificity of VAR2CSA results from the adoption of higher-order architecture in which these domains fold together to form a ligand-binding pocket.

journal_name

Biochem Soc Trans

authors

Khunrae P,Higgins MK

doi

10.1042/BST0381337

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1337-41

issue

5

eissn

0300-5127

issn

1470-8752

pii

BST0381337

journal_volume

38

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