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Malaria is an infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. The most virulent form of the disease is caused by Plasmodium falciparum which infects hundreds of millions of people and is responsible for the deaths of 1–2 million individuals each year. An essential part of the parasitic process is the remodeling of the red blood cell membrane and its protein constituents to...