Review Article
Role of Different Pfcrt and Pfmdr-1 Mutations in Conferring Resistance to Antimalaria Drugs in Plasmodium falciparum
Table 1
List of plausible mutations in pfmdr-1 of Plasmodium falciparum along with properties of both substituent and substituted amino acids.
| Site of mutation | Substituted amino acids | Polarity | Side chain charge | Hydrophobicity index | Substituent amino acid | Side chain polarity | Side chain charge | Hydrophobicity index |
| 86 | Asparagine | Polar | Neutral | | Tyrosine | Polar | Neutral | | 1042 | Asparagine | Polar | Neutral | | Aspartic acid | Acidic polar | Negative | | 1034 | Serine | Polar | Neutral | | Cystien | Non polar | Neutral | | 1246 | Aspartic acid | Acidic polar | Negative | | Tyrosine | Polar | Neutral | |
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