2010
Apical Surface Expression of Aspartic Protease Plasmepsin 4, a Potential Transmission-blocking Target of the Plasmodium Ookinete*
Li F, Patra KP, Yowell CA, Dame JB, Chin K, Vinetz JM. Apical Surface Expression of Aspartic Protease Plasmepsin 4, a Potential Transmission-blocking Target of the Plasmodium Ookinete*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2010, 285: 8076-8083. PMID: 20056606, PMCID: PMC2832958, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.063388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasmepsin 4Midgut invasionAspartic proteasesDigestive vacuoleMidgut peritrophic matrixApical surface expressionChitin-binding proteinsMass spectrometry sequencingMalaria parasitesPeritrophic matrixPlasmodium invasionAspartic protease inhibitorsPlasmodium ookinetesParasite infectivityApical surfaceDefinitive hostsMechanistic roleAffinity columnBlood-stage PlasmodiumSurface expressionCalpain inhibitorsMidgut basal laminaProteinVaccine targetsVacuoles
2007
MAL decreases the internalization of the aquaporin-2 water channel
Kamsteeg EJ, Duffield AS, Konings IB, Spencer J, Pagel P, Deen PM, Caplan MJ. MAL decreases the internalization of the aquaporin-2 water channel. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2007, 104: 16696-16701. PMID: 17940053, PMCID: PMC2034241, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708023104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAquaporin-2 water channelIntracellular vesiclesApical membrane proteinsMembrane-associated proteinsTrafficking of AQP2Apical surface expressionEpithelial cellsCell surface retentionApical plasma membraneInvolvement of MALBody water homeostasisS256 phosphorylationWater channel proteinsSurface expressionApical deliveryRegulated traffickingSorting eventsRenal epithelial cellsMembrane associationMembrane proteinsPosttranslational modificationsProtein interactionsPlasma membraneChannel proteinsWater channels
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