Brefeldin A (BFA) treatment causes retention of GFP-Sys1 at tER sites in an export signal dependent manner. Parasites coexpressing either GFP-Sys1DxE (WT) or GFP-Sys1AxA (AxA) with (A) mRFP-PfSec12 (from the calmodulin 5′ UTR) or (B) PfSec24a-mRFP were treated with 5 μg ml-1 BFA for 16 h prior to imaging. A merged image of a mock-treated control is shown for comparison. ER-retained GFP-Sys1AxA colocalized with PfSec12 throughout the ER (A), whereas GFP-Sys1DxE was enriched at tER sites coincident with PfSec24a (B). Bar = 5 μm.

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