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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-19
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The membrane-bound acid phosphatase of Leishmania mexicana (LmxMBAP) has been shown to be a heterogeneously N-glycosylated type I transmembrane protein, which is localized predominantly in vesicular structures close to the flagellar pocket in promastigotes and amastigotes. Its expression in both life stages prompted us to analyse its function by performing deletion analysis. Both alleles of the single copy gene were sequentially replaced by resistance marker genes and the resulting deletion mutant was tested for its potential to infect Balb/c mice and peritoneal macrophages. There was no obvious difference detectable between the mutant and the wild-type. Therefore, we conclude that LmxMBAP is neither involved in the infection process nor required for amastigote survival in the infected host cell. LmxMBAP null mutant promastigotes were used to establish a system for homogeneous overexpression of LmxMBAP which will be useful to investigate protein sorting in L. mexicana.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0166-6851
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Deletion of the gene for the membrane-bound acid phosphatase of Leishmania mexicana.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Membranbiochemie, Corrensstrasse 38, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article