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Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ, Wengenack NL, Workman SD, Cameron ADS, Bush G, Hughes MD, Melton S, Gonzalez-Ramirez B, Rodriguez E, Somayaji K, Klapperich C, Viers M, Bolaji AJ, Rempel E, Alexander DC. Erratum for Brown-Elliott et al., "Emergence of Inducible Macrolide Resistance in Mycobacterium chelonae Due to Broad-Host-Range Plasmid and Chromosomal Variants of the Novel 23S rRNA Methylase Gene, erm(55)". J Clin Microbiol 2024; 62:e0041524. [PMID: 38572983 PMCID: PMC11077984 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00415-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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Haidl TH, Lee MK, Workman SD, Russell JN, Fraser E, Morshed MG, Cameron ADS. Draft whole-genome sequences of three Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Western Canada. Microbiol Resour Announc 2024; 13:e0087923. [PMID: 38179914 PMCID: PMC10868169 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00879-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Whole-genome sequences are presented for three Borrelia burgdorferi, a causative agent of Lyme disease in North America, isolated from Ixodes pacificus ticks collected in British Columbia, Canada. Shotgun DNA libraries were prepared with Illumina DNA Prep and sequenced using the MiniSeq platform. Genome assemblies enabled multilocus sequence typing and ospC typing.
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- Thomas H. Haidl
- Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Zoonotic Diseases & Emerging Pathogens, BC Centre for Disease Control-Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Zoonotic Diseases & Emerging Pathogens, BC Centre for Disease Control-Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Workman SD, Islam S, Akter S, Nasrin T, Haque F, Yost CK, Mohanta MK. Complete genome sequences of bacteria isolated from cockroaches collected in a Bangladeshi hospital. Microbiol Resour Announc 2023; 12:e0035623. [PMID: 37606385 PMCID: PMC10508096 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00356-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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We report the complete genome sequences of four bacterial strains that were isolated from Blattella germanica (German cockroaches) that were found in three wards of the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. Multiple antibiotic resistance genes were identified in each genome, with one genome containing multiple plasmid-encoded resistance genes.
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- Sean D. Workman
- Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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- Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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- Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ, Wengenack NL, Workman SD, Cameron ADS, Bush G, Hughes MD, Melton S, Gonzalez-Ramirez B, Rodriguez E, Somayaji K, Klapperich C, Viers M, Bolaji AJ, Rempel E, Alexander DC. Emergence of Inducible Macrolide Resistance in Mycobacterium chelonae Due to Broad-Host-Range Plasmid and Chromosomal Variants of the Novel 23S rRNA Methylase Gene, erm(55). J Clin Microbiol 2023; 61:e0042823. [PMID: 37347171 PMCID: PMC10358161 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00428-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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Macrolides are a mainstay of therapy for infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Among rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), inducible macrolide resistance is associated with four chromosomal 23S rRNA methylase (erm) genes. Beginning in 2018, we detected high-level inducible clarithromycin resistance (MICs of ≥16μg/mL) in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium chelonae, an RGM species not previously known to contain erm genes. Using whole-genome sequencing, we identified a novel plasmid-mediated erm gene. This gene, designated erm(55)P, exhibits <65% amino acid identity to previously described RGM erm genes. Two additional chromosomal erm(55) alleles, with sequence identities of 81% to 86% to erm(55)P, were also identified and designated erm(55)C and erm(55)T. The erm(55)T is part of a transposon. The erm(55)P allele variant is located on a putative 137-kb conjugative plasmid, pMchErm55. Evaluation of 133 consecutive isolates from 2020 to 2022 revealed 5 (3.8%) with erm(55). The erm(55)P gene was also identified in public data sets of two emerging pathogenic pigmented RGM species: Mycobacterium iranicum and Mycobacterium obuense, dating back to 2008. In both species, the gene appeared to be present on plasmids homologous to pMchErm55. Plasmid-mediated macrolide resistance, not described previously for any NTM species, appears to have spread to multiple RGM species. This has important implications for antimicrobial susceptibility guidelines and treatment of RGM infections. Further spread could present serious consequences for treatment of other macrolide-susceptible RGM. Additional studies are needed to determine the transmissibility of pMchErm55 and the distribution of erm(55) among other RGM species.
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- Barbara A. Brown-Elliott
- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Research Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Diagnostic Services, Shared Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Diagnostic Services, Shared Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Diagnostic Services, Shared Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Workman SD, Day J, Farha MA, El Zahed SS, Bon C, Brown ED, Organ MG, Strynadka NCJ. Structural Insights into the Inhibition of Undecaprenyl Pyrophosphate Synthase from Gram-Positive Bacteria. J Med Chem 2021; 64:13540-13550. [PMID: 34473495 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The polyprenyl lipid undecaprenyl phosphate (C55P) is the universal carrier lipid for the biosynthesis of bacterial cell wall polymers. C55P is synthesized in its pyrophosphate form by undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase (UppS), an essential cis-prenyltransferase that is an attractive target for antibiotic development. We previously identified a compound (MAC-0547630) that showed promise as a novel class of inhibitor and an ability to potentiate β-lactam antibiotics. Here, we provide a structural model for MAC-0547630's inhibition of UppS and a structural rationale for its enhanced effect on UppS from Bacillus subtilis versus Staphylococcus aureus. We also describe the synthesis of a MAC-0547630 derivative (JPD447), show that it too can potentiate β-lactam antibiotics, and provide a structural rationale for its improved potentiation. Finally, we present an improved structural model of clomiphene's inhibition of UppS. Taken together, our data provide a foundation for structure-guided drug design of more potent UppS inhibitors in the future.
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- Sean D Workman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.,Michael G. DeGroote Institute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.,Michael G. DeGroote Institute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.,Michael G. DeGroote Institute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.,Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie Private, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.,Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Workman SD, Strynadka NCJ. A Slippery Scaffold: Synthesis and Recycling of the Bacterial Cell Wall Carrier Lipid. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:4964-4982. [PMID: 32234311 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
The biosynthesis of bacterial cell envelope polysaccharides such as peptidoglycan relies on the use of a dedicated carrier lipid both for the assembly of precursors at the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane and for the translocation of lipid linked oligosaccharides across the plasma membrane into the periplasmic space. This dedicated carrier lipid, undecaprenyl phosphate, results from the dephosphorylation of undecaprenyl pyrophosphate, which is generated de novo in the cytoplasm by undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase and released as a by-product when newly synthesized glycans are incorporated into the existing cell envelope. The de novo synthesis of undecaprenyl pyrophosphate has been thoroughly characterized from a structural and mechanistic standpoint; however, its dephosphorylation to the active carrier lipid form, both in the course of de novo synthesis and recycling, has only been begun to be studied in depth in recent years. This review provides an overview of bacterial carrier lipid synthesis and presents the current state of knowledge regarding bacterial carrier lipid recycling.
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- Sean D Workman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Center for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Center for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3.
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Blank ML, Parker ML, Ramaswamy R, Powell CJ, English ED, Adomako-Ankomah Y, Pernas LF, Workman SD, Boothroyd JC, Boulanger MJ, Boyle JP. A Toxoplasma gondii locus required for the direct manipulation of host mitochondria has maintained multiple ancestral functions. Mol Microbiol 2018; 108:519-535. [PMID: 29505111 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
The Toxoplasma gondii locus mitochondrial association factor 1 (MAF1) encodes multiple paralogs, some of which mediate host mitochondrial association (HMA). Previous work showed that HMA was a trait that arose in T. gondii through neofunctionalization of an ancestral MAF1 ortholog. Structural analysis of HMA-competent and incompetent MAF1 paralogs (MAF1b and MAF1a, respectively) revealed that both paralogs harbor an ADP ribose binding macro-domain, with comparatively low (micromolar) affinity for ADP ribose. Replacing the 16 C-terminal residues of MAF1b with those of MAF1a abrogated HMA, and we also show that only three residues in the C-terminal helix are required for MAF1-mediated HMA. Importantly these same three residues are also required for the in vivo growth advantage conferred by MAF1b, providing a definitive link between in vivo proliferation and manipulation of host mitochondria. Co-immunoprecipitation assays reveal that the ability to interact with the mitochondrial MICOS complex is shared by HMA-competent and incompetent MAF1 paralogs and mutants. The weak ADPr coordination and ability to interact with the MICOS complex shared between divergent paralogs may represent modular ancestral functions for this tandemly expanded and diversified T. gondii locus.
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- Matthew L Blank
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Tonkin ML, Workman SD, Eyford BA, Loveless BC, Fudge JL, Pearson TW, Boulanger MJ. Purification, crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of Trypanosoma congolense insect-stage surface antigen (TcCISSA). Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1503-6. [PMID: 23192033 PMCID: PMC3509974 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112042686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Trypanosoma congolense is a major contributor to the vast socioeconomic devastation in sub-Saharan Africa caused by animal African trypanosomiasis. These protozoan parasites are transmitted between mammalian hosts by tsetse-fly vectors. A lack of understanding of the molecular basis of tsetse-trypanosome interactions stands as a barrier to the development of improved control strategies. Recently, a stage-specific T. congolense protein, T. congolense insect-stage surface antigen (TcCISSA), was identified that shows considerable sequence identity (>60%) to a previously identified T. brucei insect-stage surface molecule that plays a role in the maturation of infections. TcCISSA has multiple di-amino-acid and tri-amino-acid repeats in its extracellular domain, making it an especially interesting structure-function target. The predicted mature extracellular domain of TcCISSA was produced by recombinant DNA techniques, purified from Escherichia coli, crystallized and subjected to X-ray diffraction analysis; the data were processed to 2.7 Å resolution.
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- Michelle L. Tonkin
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
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