Malaria parasite translocon structure and mechanism of effector export.
Ho, C.M., Beck, J.R., Lai, M., Cui, Y., Goldberg, D.E., Egea, P.F., Zhou, Z.H.(2018) Nature 561: 70-75
- PubMed: 30150771 
- DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0469-4
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6E10, 6E11 - PubMed Abstract: 
The putative Plasmodium translocon of exported proteins (PTEX) is essential for transport of malarial effector proteins across a parasite-encasing vacuolar membrane into host erythrocytes, but the mechanism of this process remains unknown. Here we show that PTEX is a bona fide translocon by determining structures of the PTEX core complex at near-atomic resolution using cryo-electron microscopy ...