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Protein subcellular relocalization and function of duplicated flagellar calcium binding protein genes in honey bee trypanosomatid parasite.
Yuan, Xuye; Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko.
Afiliação
  • Yuan X; Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Jiangsu Province, China.
  • Kadowaki T; Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Jiangsu Province, China.
PLoS Genet ; 20(3): e1011195, 2024 Mar.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38437202
ABSTRACT
The honey bee trypanosomatid parasite, Lotmaria passim, contains two genes that encode the flagellar calcium binding protein (FCaBP) through tandem duplication in its genome. FCaBPs localize in the flagellum and entire body membrane of L. passim through specific N-terminal sorting sequences. This finding suggests that this is an example of protein subcellular relocalization resulting from gene duplication, altering the intracellular localization of FCaBP. However, this phenomenon may not have occurred in Leishmania, as one or both of the duplicated genes have become pseudogenes. Multiple copies of the FCaBP gene are present in several Trypanosoma species and Leptomonas pyrrhocoris, indicating rapid evolution of this gene in trypanosomatid parasites. The N-terminal flagellar sorting sequence of L. passim FCaBP1 is in close proximity to the BBSome complex, while that of Trypanosoma brucei FCaBP does not direct GFP to the flagellum in L. passim. Deletion of the two FCaBP genes in L. passim affected growth and impaired flagellar morphogenesis and motility, but it did not impact host infection. Therefore, FCaBP represents a duplicated gene with a rapid evolutionary history that is essential for flagellar structure and function in a trypanosomatid parasite.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Parasitos / Leishmania Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Parasitos / Leishmania Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article