Title
Genes coding structural proteins in the Leishmania braziliensis complex
Date Issued
01 January 2002
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Barreto T.
De Los Santos M.
Barker D.C.
Carrillo C.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Acidic ribosomal P1 and P2b proteins, referred to as P proteins, and histone H3 are reported for first time in the Leishmania braziliensis complex. Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis and multiple sequence alignment suggest that both P proteins may maintain their structural function in the ribosomal stalk, in spite of the high rate of mutations detected. The deduced amino acid sequence of protein P1 showed 51% identity with Trypanosoma cruzi protein P1 and protein P2b showed 61% identity with T. cruzi protein P2b. Another conserved protein, L. (Viannia) braziliensis histone H3, showed 82% and 70% identity with histone H3 of L. (Leishmania) infantum and T. cruzi, respectively. The N-terminal end of this histone is divergent in comparison with the consensus eukaryotic sequence. Their predicted tridimensional structure was designed.
Start page
S49
Volume
96
Issue
SUPPL. 1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Tecnología para la identificación y funcionamiento del ADN, proteínas y enzimas y como influencian la enfermedad)
Fisiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0036335355
PubMed ID
Source
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00359203
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgements This research was supported by a re-entry grant from the UNDWWorld Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and a grant from the European Union STD-3 Programme (TS3* CT92-0 123). D. C. Barker was supported by the Medical Research Council.
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