Organism
Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7)
Function
Participates in the digestion of the host hemoglobin. Initial cleavage at the hinge region of hemoglobin, than cleaves at other sites, leading to denaturation of the molecule and to further degradation (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the peptidase A1 family.
Sequence
MALSIKEDFSSAFAKNESAVNSSTFNNNMKTWKIQKRFQILYVFFFLLITGALFYYLIDNVLFPKNKKINEIMNTSKHVIIGFSIENSHDRIMKTVKQHRLKNYIKESLKFFKTGLTQKPHLGNAGDSVTLNDVANVMYYGEAQIGDNKQKFAFIFDTGSANLWVPSAQCNTIGCKTKNLYDSNKSKTYEKDGTKVEMNYVSGTVSGFFSKDIVTIANLSFPYKFIEVTDTNGFEPAYTLGQFDGIVGLGWKDLSIGSVDPVVVELKNQNKIEQAVFTFYLPFDDKHKGYLTIGGIEDRFYEGQLTYEKLNHDLYWQVDLDLHFGNLTVEKATAIVDSGTSSITAPTEFLNKFFEGLDVVKIPFLPLYITTCNNPKLPTLEFRSATNVYTLEPEYYLQQIFDFGISLCMVSIIPVDLNKNTFILGDPFMRKYFTVFDYDNHTVGFALAKKKL