| 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.