Receptor and ligand domains for invasion of erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum

Sim, B. K. ; Chitnis, C. E. ; Wasniowska, K. ; Hadley, T. J. ; Miller, L. H. (1994) Receptor and ligand domains for invasion of erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum Science, 264 (5167). pp. 1941-1944. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

A 175-kilodalton erythrocyte binding protein, EBA-175, of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum mediates the invasion of erythrocytes. The erythrocyte receptor for EBA-175 is dependent on sialic acid. The domain of EBA-175 that binds erythrocytes was identified as region II with the use of truncated portions of EBA-175 expressed on COS cells. Region II, which contains a cysteine-rich motif, and native EBA-175 bind specifically to glycophorin A, but not to glycophorin B, on the erythrocyte membrane. Erythrocyte recognition of EBA-175 requires both sialic acid and the peptide backbone of glycophorin A. The identification of both the receptor and ligand domains may suggest rational designs for receptor blockade and vaccines.

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