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Identification of a Golgi-localized UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transporter in Trypanosoma cruzi

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Title
Identification of a Golgi-localized UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transporter in Trypanosoma cruzi
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BMC Microbiology, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12866-015-0601-7
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Carlos Gustavo Baptista, Elizabeth Cristina Rodrigues, Patricia Morking, Amanda Klinke, Maria Luiza Zardo, Maurílio José Soares, Alessandra Melo de Aguiar, Samuel Goldenberg, Augusto Savio Peixoto Ramos

Abstract

Nucleotide sugar transporters (NSTs) play an essential role in translocating nucleotide sugars into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus to be used as substrates in glycosylation reactions. This intracellular transport is an essential step in the biosynthesis of glycoconjugates. We have identified a family of 11 putative NSTs in Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease. A UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transporter, TcNST1, was identified by a yeast complementation approach. Based on a phylogenetic analysis four candidate genes were selected and used for complementation assays in a Kluyveromyces lactis mutant strain. The transporter is likely expressed in all stages of the parasite life cycle and during differentiation of epimastigotes to infective metacyclics. Immunofluorescence analyses of a GFP-TcNST1 fusion protein indicate that the transporter is localized to the Golgi apparatus. As many NSTs are multisubstrate transporters, we also tested the capacity of TcNST1 to transport GDP-Man. We have identified a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transporter in T. cruzi, which is specifically localized to the Golgi apparatus and seems to be expressed, at the mRNA level, throughout the parasite life cycle. Functional studies of TcNST1 will be important to unravel the role of NSTs and specific glycoconjugates in T. cruzi survival and infectivity.

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Country Count As %
Chile 1 5%
Germany 1 5%
Unknown 19 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 38%
Student > Master 3 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 10%
Other 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 3 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 48%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 19%
Chemistry 2 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 2 10%
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