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Functional Analyses of a Putative, Membrane-Bound, Peroxisomal Protein Import Mechanism from the Apicomplexan Protozoan

Alison J Mbekeani, Will A Stanley, Vishal C Kalel, Noa Dahan, Einat Zalckvar, Lilach Sheiner, Wolfgang Schliebs, Ralf Erdmann, Ehmke Pohl, Paul W Denny

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Article in Genes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Alison J MbekeaniDepartment of Biosciences and Centre for Global Infectious Disease, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. a.j.mbekeani@durham.ac.uk.
Will A StanleyDepartment of Biosciences and Centre for Global Infectious Disease, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. will.stanley2011@gmail.com.
Vishal C KalelInstitute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany. vishal.kalel@rub.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6023-7454
Noa DahanDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. noa.dahan@weizmann.ac.il.
Einat ZalckvarDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. einat.zalckvar@weizmann.ac.il.
Lilach SheinerWellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK. lilach.sheiner@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5909-2307
Wolfgang SchliebsInstitute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany. wolfgang.schliebs@rub.de.
Ralf ErdmannInstitute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany. ralf.erdmann@rub.de.
Ehmke PohlDepartment of Biosciences and Centre for Global Infectious Disease, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. ehmke.pohl@durham.ac.uk.
Paul W DennyDepartment of Biosciences and Centre for Global Infectious Disease, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. p.w.denny@durham.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5051-1613
Durham University · GBRuhr University Bochum · DEWeizmann Institute of Science · ILWellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M024156/1FoRUM Grant of the Ruhr-University Bochum F883-2016Medical Research Council MC_PC_17190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peroxisomes are central to eukaryotic metabolism, including the oxidation of fatty acids-which subsequently provide an important source of metabolic energy-and in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and plasmalogens. However, the presence and nature of peroxisomes in the parasitic apicomplexan protozoa remains controversial. A survey of the available genomes revealed that genes encoding peroxisome biogenesis factors, so-called peroxins (Pex), are only present in a subset of these parasites, the coccidia. The basic principle of peroxisomal protein import is evolutionarily conserved, proteins harbouring a peroxisomal-targeting signal 1 (PTS1) interact in the cytosol with the shuttling receptor Pex5 and are then imported into the peroxisome via the membrane-bound protein complex formed by Pex13 and Pex14. Surprisingly, whilst Pex5 is clearly identifiable, Pex13 and, perhaps, Pex14 are apparently absent from the coccidian genomes. To investigate the functionality of the PTS1 import mechanism in these parasites, expression of Pex5 from the model coccidian

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ApicomplexaperoxinperoxisomesPex5Toxoplasma

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PMID30158461
PMCPMC6162456
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