Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Structure of the malaria vaccine candidate Pfs48/45 and its recognition by transmission blocking antibodies

  • Kuang-Ting Ko,
  • Frank Lennartz,
  • David Mekhaiel,
  • Bora Guloglu,
  • Arianna Marini,
  • Danielle J. Deuker,
  • Carole A. Long,
  • Matthijs M. Jore,
  • Kazutoyo Miura,
  • Sumi Biswas,
  • Matthew K. Higgins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33379-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Pfs48/45, a surface protein of Plasmodium falciparum, is a promising anti-malarial vaccine candidate whose structure is not entirely resolved. Here, the authors present the structure of the full-length molecule, and characterise the binding and activity of transmission blocking antibodies.