Ferriprotoporphyrin IX fulfills the criteria for identification as the chloroquine receptor of malaria parasites

Biochemistry. 1980 Apr 15;19(8):1543-9. doi: 10.1021/bi00549a600.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Binding, Competitive
  • Chloroquine / metabolism*
  • Erythrocyte Membrane / metabolism
  • Heme / analogs & derivatives*
  • Hemin / metabolism*
  • Hemoglobins / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Plasmodium berghei / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Spectrophotometry

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Heme
  • Hemin
  • Chloroquine