title: Stage-specific expression of 14-3-3 in asexual blood-stage Plasmodium.
abstract: This paper reports the identification of 14-3-3 in Plasmodium. 14-3-3 is an evolutionarily conserved protein that is most noted as a mediator in signal transduction events and cell cycle regulation. The complete cDNA (approximately 2.6 kb) and gDNA (approximately 3.4 kb) of a Plasmodium knowlesi 14-3-3 (Pk14-3-3) is reported. The gene has three introns; two near the beginning and one close to the end of the coding sequence. Also reported, is the gDNA of the Plasmodium falciparum homologue (Pf14-3-3). Unlike in many other organisms, where multiple gene copies and different functional isoforms exist, Plasmodium 14-3-3 is encoded as a single-copy gene. Northern blot analyses show that the Pk14-3-3 transcript in asexual blood stages begins to be expressed in the ring-stage, predominates in young trophozoites, and thereafter declines. An antiserum produced against recombinant Pk14-3-3 reacts via immunoblot and immunoprecipitation with the approximately 30 kDa and the approximately 32 kDa Pk14-3-3 and Pf14-3-3 proteins, respectively. Protein expression in P. knowlesi closely mimics the pattern of the transcript.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10010, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Al-Khedery
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Barnwell
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Galinski
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D018628:Gene Dosage; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D016790:Plasmodium knowlesi / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D011506:Proteins; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase