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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The TaCRK3 gene from the bovine apicomplexan parasite Theileria annulata, encodes a 46 kDa polypeptide with strong homology to the eukaryotic family of cyclin-dependent kinases. TaCRK3 does not show significant alignment with any particular CDK group, other than the Pfmrk kinases from the related apicomplexans Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium yoelii. It has a putative bipartite nuclear localization signal and is located to parasite nuclei by IFAT. Protein levels are constitutive throughout differentiation of the intra-lymphocytic macroschizont. This contrasts with the expression pattern of TaCRK2 (Kinnaird et al., 1996, Mol. Microbiol., 22, 293-302) which is closely related to the eukaryotic CDK1 /2 families involved in regulation of cell cycle progression. TaCRK2 is also located to the parasite nuclei but has no nuclear localization signal and exhibits transient up-regulation in protein levels during mid-merogony. However compared to TaCRK3, it shows down-regulation near the end of merogony. We predict that TaCRK3 may have a role in regulation of gene transcription while TaCRK2 is more likely to be involved in control of parasite nuclear division.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-CDC2 Protein Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Eukaryotic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-RNA, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Theileria annulata, pubmed-meshheading:11733137-Theileriasis
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
TaCRK3 encodes a novel Theileria annulata protein kinase with motifs characteristic of the family of eukaryotic cyclin dependent kinases: a comparative analysis of its expression with TaCRK2 during the parasite life cycle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Glasgow University, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK. j.kinnaird@vet.gla.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't