TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cicova, Zdenka
A1  - Dejung, Mario
A1  - Skalicky, Tomas
A1  - Eisenhuth, Nicole
A1  - Hanselmann, Steffen
A1  - Morriswood, Brooke
A1  - Figueiredo, Luisa M.
A1  - Butter, Falk
A1  - Janzen, Christian J.
T1  - Two flagellar BAR domain proteins in Trypanosoma brucei with stage-specific regulation
JF  - Scientific Reports
N2  - Trypanosomes are masters of adaptation to different host environments during their complex life cycle. Large-scale proteomic approaches provide information on changes at the cellular level, and in a systematic way. However, detailed work on single components is necessary to understand the adaptation mechanisms on a molecular level. Here, we have performed a detailed characterization of a bloodstream form (BSF) stage-specific putative flagellar host adaptation factor Tb927.11.2400, identified previously in a SILAC-based comparative proteome study. Tb927.11.2400 shares 38% amino acid identity with TbFlabarin (Tb927.11.2410), a procyclic form (PCF) stage-specific flagellar BAR domain protein. We named Tb927.11.2400 TbFlabarin-like (TbFlabarinL), and demonstrate that it originates from a gene duplication event, which occurred in the African trypanosomes. TbFlabarinL is not essential for the growth of the parasites under cell culture conditions and it is dispensable for developmental differentiation from BSF to the PCF in vitro. We generated TbFlabarinL-specific antibodies, and showed that it localizes in the flagellum. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments together with a biochemical cell fractionation suggest a dual association of TbFlabarinL with the flagellar membrane and the components of the paraflagellar rod.
KW  - parasite biology
KW  - protein translocation
KW  - Trypanosoma brucei
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-181021
VL  - 6
ER  -