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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences1998

Molecular and functional characterization of a recombinant protein of Trichuris trichiura.

L J Drake, G C Barker, Y Korchev, M Lab, H Brooks, D A Bundy

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

L J DrakeWellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.
G C Barker
Y Korchev
M Lab
H Brooks
D A Bundy
University of Oxford · GBUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pore-forming protein of the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, has been postulated to facilitate invasion of the host gut and enable the parasite to maintain its syncytial environment. The data presented here describe the first, to our knowledge, molecular characterization of a pore-forming protein in any helminth and provide a unique demonstration of the functional interaction between a parasite antigen and host molecules. Immunological screening of a T. trichiura cDNA library with T. trichiura infection sera identified a clone of 1.4 kB, the cDNA consisting of 1495 base pairs encoding a protein of 50 kDa. The sequence has a highly repetitive nature containing nine four-disulphide-bonded core domains. Structural prediction analyses reveals an amphipathic nature. TT50 induced pore formation in bilayers in a manner identical to that of the native protein. IgG antibody isolated from T. trichiura infection serum was observed to abolish channel activity.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceDNA, HelminthHelminth ProteinsHumansMolecular Sequence DataRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTrichurisDNA, HelminthHelminth ProteinsRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID9744108
PMCPMC1689327
OpenAlexW2021393510

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