Question

Plasmepsin ii an acidic hemoglobinase from the plasmodium falciparum food vacuole is active at neutral ph on the host erythrocyte membrane skeleton

Answer 1

Plasmepsin II, an acidic hemoglobinase from the Plasmodium falciparum food vacuole, is active at neutral pH on the host erythrocyte membrane skeleton. ... Furthermore, recombinant plasmepsin II digested native spectrin at pH 6.8, either purified or situated in erythrocyte ghosts.