A new class of lipid transfer proteins is required for the recycling of lipids from the P. falciparum digestive vacuole
Malaria parasites endocytose large quantities of hemoglobin from the host erythrocyte, a process critical for parasite survival, leading to extensive membrane internalization. While hemoglobin degradation in the digestive vacuole (DV) is well studied, how the parasite deals with the membranes arriving within the DV is unknown. Here we identified PfTUPA, a previously uncharacterized lipid transfer…
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