Crystal Structures of the Carboxyl cGMP Binding Domain of the Plasmodium falciparum cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase Reveal a Novel Capping Triad Crucial for Merozoite Egress

• Jeong Joo Kim ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Kassel, Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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• Christian Flueck ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Eugen Franz,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Kassel, Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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• Eduardo Sanabria-Figueroa,

  Current Address: Molecular & Systems Pharmacology Program, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Eloise Thompson,

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Robin Lorenz,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Kassel, Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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• Daniela Bertinetti,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Kassel, Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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• David A. Baker,

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Friedrich W. Herberg,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Kassel, Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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• Choel Kim

  * E-mail: ckim@bcm.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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