title: Cloning and functional expression of a Schistosoma japonicum cDNA homologous to the enolase gene family.
abstract: A cDNA encoding the complete open reading frame of Schistosoma japonicum enolase has been cloned. The 1494bp cDNA (C30) was isolated from a S. japonicum cDNA expression library immunoscreened with hyperimmune rabbit sera raised against soluble adult S. japonicum proteins. The ORF encodes a protein of 434 amino acids exhibiting 72% identity to human, murine, and rat enolases, and 62% identity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae enolase. The inferred molecular mass of the protein is 47,251 Daltons, similar to that reported for the enolases of other species. In vitro translation of C30 also generated a protein of 47kDa. After subcloning and expression, the recombinant protein was purified by affinity chromatography under non-denaturing conditions and shown to exhibit functional enolase enzymatic activity.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Parasitology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Waine
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kalinna
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: McManus
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase