title: Malaria Parasite Survival Depends on Conserved Binding Peptides' Critical Biological Functions.
abstract: Biochemical, structural and single amino acid level analysis of 49 Plasmodium falciparum protein regions (13 sporozoite and 36 merozoite proteins) has highlighted the functional role of each conserved high activity binding peptide (cHABP) in cell host-microbe interaction, involving biological functions such as gliding motility, traversal activity, binding invasion, reproduction, nutrient ion transport and the development of severe malaria. Each protein's key function in the malaria parasite's asexual lifecycle (pre-erythrocyte and erythro-cyte) is described in terms of cHABPs; their sequences were located in elegant work published by other groups regarding critical binding regions implicated in malarial parasite invasion. Such cHABPs represent the starting point for developing a logical and rational methodology for selecting an appropriate mixture of modified cHABPs to be used in a completely effective, synthetic antimalarial vaccine. Such methodology could be used for developing vaccines against diseases scourging humanity.
authors: Fundacion Instituto de Inmunologia de Colombia FIDIC, Bogota, Colombia.
authors: Manuel E
authors: ME
authors: Patarroyo
authors: Gabriela
authors: G
authors: Arevalo-Pinzon
authors: Cesar
authors: C
authors: Reyes
authors: Armando
authors: A
authors: Moreno-Vranich
authors: Manuel A
authors: MA
authors: Patarroyo
mesh_terms: D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D056945:Hep G2 Cells; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000469:parasitology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000502:physiology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000502:physiology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D034101:Sporozoites / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D015800:Protozoan Proteins