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Proteintransport an die parasitophore Vakuolenmembran des Malariaparasiten P. falciparum: Exp1 als Modellprotein

Fachliche Zuordnung Parasitologie und Biologie der Erreger tropischer Infektionskrankheiten
Zellbiologie
Förderung Förderung von 2018 bis 2023
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 416780686
 
Erstellungsjahr 2024

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

This project aimed to identify the signals and mechanisms involved in transport of parasite proteins to the PVM, using our previous data as a basis to guide our experimental approach. Indeed, using an alternative epitope tag as opposed to GFP allowed us to identify the transmembrane domain of such proteins as potentially being essential for correct protein sorting and final localisation. The data however also reveal that the situation appears to be more compex than originally thought, as even a transmembrane domain derived from a human protein (glycophorin A) also appears capable or partially driving transport of chimeric reporters to the PVM. Further research will be required to elucidate the fine biophysical details residing in transmembrane domains that allow them to direct transport to specific subcellular localisation, including the PVM. Although the data as it currently stands is worthy of publication, I believe that a more detailed understanding of the role of the TMD in transport will lead to a more highly significant publication with more impact, thus we wish to collect more data before preparing any manuscript.

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