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ArticleNature communications2026

A single valine to leucine switch disrupts Plasmodium falciparum AP2-G DNA binding and reveals GDV1's role in ap2-g activation.

Surendra K Prajapati, Jeffrey X Dong, Belinda J Morahan, Thoai Dotrang, Michelle C Barbeau, April E Williams, Daniel Hupalo, Matthew D Wilkerson, Clifton L Dalgard, Bjorn F C Kafsack and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Surendra K PrajapatiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. surendra.prajapati.ctr@usuhs.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-668X
Jeffrey X DongDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Belinda J MorahanLaboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA.
Thoai DotrangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Michelle C BarbeauDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
April E WilliamsDepartment of Molecular Biology, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Daniel HupaloDepartment of Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Matthew D WilkersonDepartment of Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Clifton L DalgardDepartment of Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2025-8239
Bjorn F C KafsackDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0089-1096
Manuel LlinásDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Huck Center for Malaria Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6173-5882
Kim C WilliamsonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2749-4082

Funding

Spatial Patterning During DevelopmentP50GM071508 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GAMMIE, ALISON E · 2004 to 2013
$30.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM071508United States Department of Defense | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Uniformed Services University) C073384316U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01 AI069314 and R01 AI103638U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01 AI076276, R01-AI125565 P50
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual commitment in Plasmodium parasites is essential for malaria transmission, yet the signaling events initiating sexual conversion in only a subpopulation of parasites remain unclear. We discovered a single valine(V

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DNA, ProtozoanLeucinePlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsTranscription FactorsValineAnimalsMutationProtein BindingDNA, ProtozoanLeucineProtozoan ProteinsTranscription FactorsValine

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PMID41547993
PMCPMC12913604

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