UIS2: A Unique Phosphatase Required for the Development of Plasmodium Liver Stages.

Plasmodium salivary sporozoites are the infectious form of the malaria parasite and are dormant inside salivary glands of Anopheles mosquitoes. During dormancy, protein translation is inhibited by the kinase UIS1 that phosphorylates serine 59 in the eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α). De-phosph...

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Main Authors: Min Zhang, Satish Mishra, Ramanavelan Sakthivel, Beatriz M A Fontoura, Victor Nussenzweig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005370