UniProt functional annotation for Q7K740

UniProt code: Q7K740.

Organism: Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Sar; Alveolata; Apicomplexa; Aconoidasida; Haemosporida; Plasmodiidae; Plasmodium; Plasmodium (Laverania).
 
Function: The circumsporozoite protein is the immunodominant surface antigen on the sporozoite (the infective stage of the malaria parasite that is transmitted from the mosquito to the vertebrate host). {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00002666}.
 
Similarity: Belongs to the plasmodium circumsporozoite protein family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00006241}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.