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This interaction was detected in the context of PfAP2-G2's role in gametocyte maturation.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation / affinity purification of PfAP2-G2-associated proteins followed by mass spectrometry identification of interactors including PF3D7_1139300","journal":"Molecular microbiology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Weak — single lab, single pulldown/AP-MS experiment identifying PF3D7_1139300 as an interactor of PfAP2-G2; no reciprocal Co-IP or functional follow-up specific to AP2-G5 reported in this abstract","pmids":["33368818"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]}],"current_model":"AP2-G5 (PF3D7_1139300) is a dual-function ApiAP2 transcription factor in P. falciparum that suppresses sexual commitment by binding both the upstream regulatory region and the exonic gene body of pfap2-g (thereby maintaining local heterochromatin and repressing pfap2-g transcription), and is subsequently required for the maturation of committed gametocytes beyond early stages; its loss de-represses pfap2-g and promotes sexual commitment but prevents full gametocyte maturation, and it physically associates with the ApiAP2 repressor PfAP2-G2 in a chromatin-regulatory complex."},"narrative":{"mechanistic_narrative":"AP2-G5 (PF3D7_1139300) is an ApiAP2 transcription factor in Plasmodium falciparum that acts as a gatekeeper of sexual commitment by transcriptionally restraining the master sexual-commitment regulator pfap2-g [PMID:34365503]. It binds both the upstream regulatory region and the exonic gene body of pfap2-g, with the exonic binding linked to maintenance of local heterochromatin, thereby repressing pfap2-g transcription and preventing premature initiation of sexual commitment; loss of AP2-G5 disrupts the asexual cycle, de-represses pfap2-g, and drives sexual commitment [PMID:34365503]. Beyond this repressive role, AP2-G5 is separately required for the maturation of committed gametocytes: in its absence, gametocytes form but fail to mature fully, coincident with down-regulation of pfap2-g and a set of early gametocyte genes normally activated by PfAP2-G [PMID:34365503]. AP2-G5 physically associates with the ApiAP2 repressor PfAP2-G2 in a chromatin-regulatory complex that also contains chromatin remodeling proteins and a MORC protein [PMID:33368818]. 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