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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Primary structure and partial characterization of a life-cycle-regulated cysteine protease from trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense
Gene, Volume 161, No. 1, Year 1995
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Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense is an important pathogenic parasite of domestic livestock in Africa. We have cloned a cDNA encoding a prepro-cysteine protease of this protozoan, the sequence of which indicates it is an early mRNA processing intermediate. Northern analysis demonstrates a life-cycle-stage specificity similar to previously described enzymatic data. The deduced amino-acid sequence shows extensive similarity to cysteine proteases of other parasitic protozoa, as well as papain and cathepsin L. As with other African trypanosomes, a poly-proline tract connects the catalytic domain with an unusual C-terminal extension. © 1995.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fish, Wallace R.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Kenya
Nkhungulu, Zeres M.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Kenya
Muriuki, Cecilia W.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Kenya
Ndegwa, David M.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Kenya
Lonsdale-Eccles, John David
Kenya, Nairobi
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Kenya
Steyaert, Jan
Kenya, Nairobi
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Kenya
Statistics
Citations: 27
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0378-1119(95)00304-O
ISSN:
03781119
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics