The novel coccidian micronemal protein MIC11 undergoes proteolytic maturation by sequential cleavage to remove an internal propeptide

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1047-1058

  Harper, Jill M ^a   Zhou, Xing W ^a   Pszenny, Viviana ^a   Kafsack, Björn F C ^a   Carruthers, Vern B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disulfide bond; Internal propeptide; Microneme; Proteolytic processing; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MICRONEMAL PROTEIN MIC11; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAINING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHELATING AGENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 4143066921     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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