Chattopadhyay Debasish, Rayner Julian, McHenry Amy M, Adams John H
Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-2170, USA.
Trends Parasitol. 2006 Apr;22(4):143-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.02.007. Epub 2006 Feb 23.
Erythrocyte-binding antigen 175 (EBA175) is one of the best-characterized Plasmodium falciparum merozoite ligands; the recently solved crystal structure of EBA175 reveals that terminal sialic acids on the erythrocyte glycoprotein glycophorin A are a crucial factor for erythrocyte recognition by EBA175 because they lock into pockets on its surface. Comparison with Plasmodium reichenowi EBA175 indicates that these interactions have a pivotal role in the host-specific adaptations of parasite ligands.
红细胞结合抗原175(EBA175)是恶性疟原虫裂殖子配体中特征最为明确的一种;最近解析出的EBA175晶体结构表明,红细胞糖蛋白血型糖蛋白A上的末端唾液酸是EBA175识别红细胞的关键因素,因为它们嵌入其表面的口袋中。与赖氏疟原虫EBA175的比较表明,这些相互作用在寄生虫配体的宿主特异性适应中起关键作用。