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Recent studies investigating ATQ resistance mechanisms have shown that point mutations of PfCytb confer resistance. Thus, understanding the resistance mechanisms at the molecular level via computational approaches incorporating phospholipid bilayer would help in the design of new efficacious drugs that are also capable of bypassing parasite resistance. With this knowledge gap, this article seeks to explore the effect of three drug resistant mutations Y268C, Y268N and Y268S on the PfCytb structure and function in the presence and absence of ATQ. To draw reliable conclusions, 350 ns all-atom membrane (POPC:POPE phospholipid bilayer) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with derived metal parameters for the holo and ATQ-bound -proteins were performed. Thereafter, simulation outputs were analyzed using dynamic residue network (DRN) analysis. Across the triplicate MD runs, hydrophobic interactions, reported to be crucial in protein function were assessed. In both, the presence and absence of ATQ and a loss of key active site residue interactions were observed as a result of mutations. These active site residues included: Met 133, Trp136, Val140, Thr142, Ile258, Val259, Pro260 and Phe264. These changes to residue interactions are likely to destabilize the overall intra-protein residue communication network where the proteins\u2019 function could be implicated. Protein dynamics of the ATQ-bound mutant complexes showed that they assumed a different pose to the wild-type, resulting in diminished residue interactions in the mutant proteins. 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