Immune reactions of vector insects to parasites and pathogens

NA Ratcliffe, CB Mello, HC Castro, P Dyson… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
This overview initially describes insect immune reactions and then brings together present
knowledge of the interactions of vector insects with their invading parasites and pathogens …

Malaria parasite evades mosquito immunity by glutaminyl cyclase–mediated posttranslational protein modification

SK Kolli, A Molina-Cruz, T Araki… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Glutaminyl cyclase (QC) modifies N-terminal glutamine or glutamic acid residues of target
proteins into cyclic pyroglutamic acid (pGlu). Here, we report the biochemical and functional …

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SK Kolli - T., Geurten, F..., Ramesar,., Che alle …, 2022 - scholarlypublications …
Stages. A single gene encoding a QC, named QPCT, has been identified by electronic
annotation in all sequenced Plasmodium genomes. Plasmodium QCs have a size ranging …