Movie 2

500 ns simulation of the chimeric mutant Pf PfnPb Loop in grey compared to Plasmodium berghei profilin-WT (cyan) using all atom molecular dynamics simulation. The profilin mutant (or WT) is bound to Plasmodium berghei actin.

A function of profilin in force generation during malaria parasite motility that is independent of actin binding

Catherine A. Moreau, Katharina A. Quadt, Henni Piirainen, Hirdesh Kumar, Saligram P. Bhargav, LĂ©anne Strauss, Niraj H. Tolia, Rebecca C. Wade, Joachim P. Spatz, Inari Kursula, and Friedrich Frischknecht

J Cell Sci 2021. 134:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jcs.233775