Abstract：
:The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum assembles knob structures underneath the erythrocyte membrane that help present the major virulence protein, P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1 (PfEMP1). Membranous structures called Maurer's clefts are established in the erythrocyte cytoplasm and function as sorting compartments for proteins en route to the RBC membrane, including the knob-associated histidine-rich protein (KAHRP), and PfEMP1. We have generated mutants in which the Maurer's cleft protein, the ring exported protein-1 (REX1) is truncated or deleted. Removal of the C-terminal domain of REX1 compromises Maurer's cleft architecture and PfEMP1-mediated cytoadherance but permits some trafficking of PfEMP1 to the erythrocyte surface. Deletion of the coiled-coil region of REX1 ablates PfEMP1 surface display, trapping PfEMP1 at the Maurer's clefts. Complementation of mutants with REX1 partly restores PfEMP1-mediated binding to the endothelial cell ligand, CD36. Deletion of the coiled-coil region or complete deletion of REX1 is tightly associated with the loss of a subtelomeric region of chromosome 2, encoding KAHRP and other proteins. A KAHRP-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion expressed in the REX1-deletion parasites shows defective trafficking. Thus, loss of functional REX1 directly or indirectly ablates the assembly of the P. falciparum virulence complex at the surface of host erythrocytes.
journal_name
Mol Microbioljournal_title
Molecular microbiologyauthors
Dixon MW,Kenny S,McMillan PJ,Hanssen E,Trenholme KR,Gardiner DL,Tilley Ldoi
10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07740.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-08-01 00:00:00pages
982-93issue
4eissn
0950-382Xissn
1365-2958journal_volume
81pub_type
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