Term Name: | hemozoin formation complex |
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Definition: | A protein-containing complex involved in hemoglobin degradation and detoxification of heme in the food vacuole during the asexual blood stage of a Plasmodium. It is composed of at least falcipains FP2A and/or FP2B, plasmepsins PMII, PMIII/HAP and PMIV, heme detoxifying protein HDP and falcilysin FLN. |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0160092] QuickGO AmiGO |