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Mapping the binding site of VAR2CSA to chondroitin sulfate A

ABSTRACT: The FPOP was performed in order to map the binding site of chondroitin sulfate A to VAr2CSA from Plasmodium.

INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion

ORGANISM(S): Plasmodium Falciparum Fcb1/columbia

SUBMITTER: Sandeep Misra

LAB HEAD: Joshua Shane Sharp

PROVIDER: PXD024154 | Pride | 2021-04-09

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Cryo-EM reveals the architecture of placental malaria VAR2CSA and provides molecular insight into chondroitin sulfate binding.

Wang Kaituo K Dagil Robert R Lavstsen Thomas T Misra Sandeep K SK Spliid Charlotte B CB Wang Yong Y Gustavsson Tobias T Sandoval Daniel R DR Vidal-Calvo Elena Ethel EE Choudhary Swati S Agerbaek Mette Ø MØ Lindorff-Larsen Kresten K Nielsen Morten A MA Theander Thor G TG Sharp Joshua S JS Clausen Thomas Mandel TM Gourdon Pontus P Salanti Ali A

Nature communications 20210519 1

Placental malaria can have severe consequences for both mother and child and effective vaccines are lacking. Parasite-infected red blood cells sequester in the placenta through interaction between parasite-expressed protein VAR2CSA and the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate A (CS) abundantly present in the intervillous space. Here, we report cryo-EM structures of the VAR2CSA ectodomain at up to 3.1 Å resolution revealing an overall V-shaped architecture and a complex domain organization. Nota ...[more]

PMID: 34011972

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Mapping the binding site of VAR2CSA to chondroitin sulfate A

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Cryo-EM reveals the architecture of placental malaria VAR2CSA and provides molecular insight into chondroitin sulfate binding.

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