title: Molecular analysis of a P-type ATPase from Cryptosporidium parvum.
abstract: Eukaryotic P-type ATPases use energy to drive the transport of cations across membranes. A complete P-ATPase gene (CpATPase1) has been isolated from Cryptosporidium parvum, one of the opportunistic pathogens in AIDS patients. The complete gene encodes 1528 amino acids, predicting a protein of 169 kDa. A hydropathy profile of the protein suggested there are eight transmembrane domains (TM). Expression of the gene was confirmed both by Northern blot analysis and RT-PCR. A fragment of the gene has been expressed as a 49 kDa GST-fusion protein. This protein was used to produce rabbit antiserum and fluorescent labeling has localized the protein to the sporozoite apical and perinuclear regions. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis show a 160 kDa major protein, close to the predicted size. The protein shares greatest overall identity and similarity to a putative organellar Ca2+ P-ATPase described for Plasmodium falciparum. Unlike P. falciparum, but consistent with all genes so far isolated from C. parvum, the gene contains no introns. The Ca2+ P-ATPases from these two Apicomplexa are large and do not have motifs predicting calmodulin-binding.
authors.affiliation: New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Albany 12201-2002, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Keithly
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases