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ArticleNAR genomics and bioinformatics2026

Distinct repeat architecture landscapes in the proteomes of protozoan parasites.

Hirotaka Matsumoto, Jing Hong

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Hirotaka MatsumotoSchool of Information and Data Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9896-4817
Jing HongSchool of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.

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Abstract

Protozoan parasites cause major infectious diseases and pose persistent global health challenges, particularly the emergence of drug-resistant strains. Tandem repeats and other repetitive architectures are widespread in proteomes and have been implicated in host-parasite interactions, immune evasion, and antigenicity. However, repeat-containing proteins (RPs) exhibit highly diverse architectures that extend beyond simple motif reiteration, making their comprehensive and quantitative characterization challenging. In this study, we performed bioinformatics analysis of repeat architectures in protozoan proteins. In addition to the established repeat-detection approaches, we developed a new algorithm, Drepper, which quantifies repeat-architecture complexity. By integrating diverse repeat-related features, we clustered RPs across species and identified distinct groups associated with parasite lineages. Notably, we identified a high-complexity, repeat-rich (HCRR) cluster enriched in

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ProteomeProtozoan ProteinsRepetitive Sequences, Amino AcidAlgorithmsAnimalsComputational BiologyLeishmaniaPlasmodiumTrypanosomaProteomeProtozoan Proteins

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