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PfATP4 is the target of advanced antimalarial leads, which produce many poorly understood metabolic disturbances within infected erythrocytes. Here, we expressed the mammalian ligand-gated TRPV1 ion channel at the parasite plasma membrane to study ion regulation and examine the effects of cation leak. TRPV1 expression was well-tolerated, consistent with negligible ion flux through the nonactivated channel. TRPV1 ligands produced rapid parasite death in the transfectant line at their activating concentrations, but were harmless to the wild-type parent. Activation triggered cholesterol redistribution at the parasite plasma membrane, reproducing effects of PfATP4 inhibitors and directly implicating cation dysregulation in this process. In contrast to predictions, TRPV1 activation in low Na<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> media accentuated parasite killing but a PfATP4 inhibitor had unchanged efficacy. Selection of a ligand-resistant mutant revealed a previously uncharacterized G683V mutation in TRPV1 that occludes the lower channel gate, implicating reduced permeability as a mechanism for parasite resistance to antimalarials targeting ion homeostasis. 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