Structural basis for unique mechanisms of folding and hemoglobin binding by a malarial protease.
Wang, S.X., Pandey, K.C., Somoza, J.R., Sijwali, P.S., Kortemme, T., Brinen, L.S., Fletterick, R.J., Rosenthal, P.J., McKerrow, J.H.(2006) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.Usa 103: 11503-11508
- PubMed: 16864794 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0600489103
- PubMed Abstract: 
Falcipain-2 (FP2), the major cysteine protease of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is a hemoglobinase and promising drug target. Here we report the crystal structure of FP2 in complex with a protease inhibitor, cystatin. The FP2 stru ...