MSP7 is a protein family the malaria parasite that has been found to be associated with processed fragments from the MSP1 protein in a complex involved in red blood cell invasion.

1: The 22 kDa component of the protein complex on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites is derived from a larger precursor, merozoite surface protein 7. Pachebat JA, Ling IT, Grainger M, Trucco C, Howell S, Fernandez-Reyes D, Gunaratne R, Holder AA; Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2001;117:83-89. PMID:11551634