Crystal Structure of Malaria Parasite Nucleosome Assembly Protein DISTINCT MODES OF PROTEIN LOCALIZATION AND HISTONE RECOGNITION*□
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From the Structural and Computational Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi 110067, India, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, BP 181, F-38042 Grenoble Cédex 9, France, the Department of Biotechnology, Hamdard University, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110062, India, and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
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Crystal Structure of Malaria Parasite Nucleosome Assembly Protein
Nucleosome assembly proteins (NAPs) are histone chaperones that are essential for the transfer and incorporation of histones into nucleosomes. NAPs participate in assembly and disassembly of nucleosomes and in chromatin structure organization. Human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum contains two nucleosome assembly proteins termed PfNapL and PfNapS. To gain structural insights into the mec...
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