Population genetic and biophysical evidences reveal that purifying selection shapes the genetic landscape of Plasmodium
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Malaria Journal Open Access
RESEARCH
Population genetic and biophysical evidences reveal that purifying selection shapes the genetic landscape of Plasmodium falciparum RH ligands in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, India Sharmistha Ghoshal1, Pramita Chowdhury1, Sanhita Ray1, Mitashree Mitra2, Sumana Datta Kanjilal3, Srikanta Sen4, Anjan Kr. Dasgupta1 and Sanghamitra Sengupta1*
Abstract Background: Reticulocyte binding protein-like homologs (RHs) are currently being evaluated as anti-erythrocytic stage vaccine targets against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Present study explores the possible evolutionary drivers shaping the genetic organization of Pfrhs in Indian parasite population. It simultaneously evaluates a putative gain-offunction variant of PfRH5, a keystone member of PfRH family. Methods: Receptor binding regions of Pfrh1, Pfrh2a/b, Pfrh4 and whole Pfrh5 were amplified using blood samples of P. falciparum malaria patients from Chhattisgarh and West Bengal and sequenced. Assembled sequences were analysed using MEGA7 and DnaSPv6. Binding affinities of recombinant PfRH5 proteins with basigin (BSG) were compared using in silico (CHARMM and AUTODOCK) and in vitro (Circular dichroism, fluorescence spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry) methods. Results: Pfrh1 (0.5), Pfrh2a/b (0.875), Pfrh4 (0.667) and Pfrh5 (0.778) sequence changes corresponded to low frequency (
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