Thioester-containing protein 1 (TEP1) is a central component in the innate immune response of Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium infection. TEP1 has a series of eight macroglobulin (MG) domains and the beta-sheet CUB domain which is flanking the alpha-helical TED domain. The CUB domain can be divided in two sections, one at the N-terminal and the second at the C-terminal of the TED domain. This entry represents the second part of the CUB domain [1,2].

1: Structural basis for conserved complement factor-like function in the antimalarial protein TEP1. Baxter RH, Chang CI, Chelliah Y, Blandin S, Levashina EA, Deisenhofer J; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007;104:11615-11620. PMID:17606907

2: Molecular basis for genetic resistance of Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium: structural analysis of TEP1 susceptible and resistant alleles. Le BV, Williams M, Logarajah S, Baxter RH; PLoS Pathog. 2012;8:e1002958. PMID:23055931