Table 1

P. falciparum proteins containing binding sequences specific for human erythrocyte membrane proteins spectrin and protein 4.1 P. falciparum phage display libraries were biopanned against spectrin and protein 4.1. This allowed for the identification of seven in-frame parasite sequences that were subsequently mapped to annotated proteins in PlasmoDB.

PlasmoDB V 4.1 identification

Predicted function

Amino acid position of spectrin/ protein 4.1 binding sequences

MAL13P1.278

putative serine/ threonine kinase

786–815

MAL6P1.145

putative phosophotransferase

28–77

PFI1570c

putative aminopeptidase

216–245

PFA0125c

putative Ebl-1 like protein

971–1001

PFL1130c

hypothetical protein

3713–3742

PF13_0071

hypothetical protein

209–273

PF14_0201

hypothetical protein

801–860

Lauterbach et al. Malaria Journal 2003 2:47   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-2-47