Hemoglobin degradation in the human malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum: a catabolic pathway initiated by a specific aspartic protease
Hemoglobin is an important nutrient source for intraerythrocytic malaria organisms. Its catabolism occurs in an acidic digestive vacuole. Our previous studies suggested that an aspartic protease plays a key role in the degradative process. We have now isolated this enzyme and defined its role in the...
| Format: | Online |
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| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1991
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2190804/ |