Structural highlights
Function
PLM4_PLAF7 During the asexual blood stage, catalyzes the cleavage of denatured host hemoglobin (Hb) (By similarity). Digestion of host Hb is an essential step which provides the parasite with amino acids for protein synthesis, and regulates osmolarity (Probable).[UniProtKB:Q17SB3]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
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