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Carrasquel, L M, Escalona, J L, Acosta Serrano, Alvaro 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2576-7959, Guo, Y and Bubis, J
(2017)
'Identification of potential protein partners that bind to the variant surface glycoprotein in Trypanosoma equiperdum.'. Parasitology, Vol 144, Issue 7, pp. 923-936.
Abstract
Trypanosoma equiperdum possesses a dense coat of a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) that is used to evade the host immune response by a process known as antigenic variation. Soluble and membrane forms of the predominant VSG from the Venezuelan T. equiperdum TeAp-N/D1 strain (sVSG and mVSG, respectively) were purified to homogeneity; and antibodies against sVSG and mVSG were raised, isolated, and employed to produce anti-idiotypic antibodies that structurally mimic the VSG surface. Prospective VSG-binding partners were initially detected by far-Western blots, and then by immunoblots using the generated anti-idiotypic antibodies. Polypeptides of ~80 and 55 kDa were isolated when anti-idiotypic antibodies-Sepharose affinity matrixes were used as baits. Mass spectrometry sequencing yielded hits with various proteins from Trypanosoma brucei such as heat-shock protein 70, tryparedoxin peroxidase, VSG variants, expression site associated gene product 6, and two hypothetical proteins. In addition, a possible interaction with a protein homologous to the glutamic acid/alanine-rich protein from Trypanosoma congolense was also found. These results indicate that the corresponding orthologous gene products are candidates for VSG-interacting proteins in T. equiperdum.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QS Anatomy > QS 4 General works. Classify here works on regional anatomy QU Biochemistry > Proteins. Amino Acids. Peptides > QU 55 Proteins QW Microbiology and Immunology > Antigens and Antibodies. Toxins and Antitoxins > QW 575 Antibodies QX Parasitology > Protozoa > QX 70 Mastigophora. (e.g., Giardia. Trichomonas. Trypanosoma. Leishmania) |
| Faculty: Department: | Biological Sciences > Department of Tropical Disease Biology |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118201700004X |
| Depositing User: | Mary Creegan |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2017 12:01 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2019 15:30 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/6857 |
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