title: Characterization of a Schistosoma mansoni gene encoding a homologue of the Y-box binding protein.
abstract: We have cloned and characterized a Schistosoma mansoni cDNA encoding a basic protein homologous to the human Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1). The 1.3-kb S. mansoni YB-1 transcript, which was shown to be expressed in various stages of the parasite life cycle, codes for a protein of 217 amino acids containing, towards its N-terminus, a nucleic acid binding motif, known as the cold-shock domain (CSD). This domain is 64% identical to the cold-shock domain of other members of the Y-box binding protein family and 43% identical to the cold-shock protein CspA of Escherichia coli. In S. mansoni YB-1, the cold-shock domain possess some structural characteristics that permit dimer formation as occurs in the Bacillus subtilis cold-shock protein CspB. The C-terminal region of S. mansoni YB-1 differs from the other Y-box binding proteins because of the presence of tandem repeats of Arg and Gly, suggesting the formation of a fibroin-like beta-sandwich structure. This novel folding pattern for the C-terminus of S. mansoni YB-1 might suggest a distinct specific function for this protein in the parasite.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Immunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Garratt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pena
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003080:Cold Temperature; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1; C109092:Y-box-binding protein 1, Schistosoma mansoni; C070856:YBX1 protein, human