title: Molecular cloning of a putative alpha3-fucosyltransferase from Schistosoma mansoni.
abstract: Alpha 3-fucosylation of protein or lipid substrates is an important component of the host/parasite interactions during schistosomiasis. In this process, alpha3-fucosyltransferases (alpha3-FucTs) are considered as key enzymes ensuring both parasite survival and adaptation in their (in)vertebrate hosts. In this paper, we report the molecular cloning of a putative alpha3-FucT from Schistosoma mansoni that we termed SmFucTA. The full-length SmFucTA encodes a typical transmembrane type II protein with a short cytoplasmic domain, a transmembrane segment and a long C-terminal catalytic domain. In this region, the GDP-fucose binding site is well conserved whereas the putative acceptor site displays sequence divergence compared to the corresponding region from vertebrate and invertebrate alpha3-FucTs. Southern blot analysis suggested that SmFucTA is present as several copies or has highly related counterparts in the S. mansoni genome. Northern blot revealed a single SmFucTA transcript at 2 kb in adult worms. Affinity purified antibodies directed against recombinant SmFucTA identified a 50 kDa native protein that localizes to the subtegumental and parenchymal regions of adult worms.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U167, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59019, Lille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trottein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mollicone
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Mendonça
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oriol
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capron
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000469:parasitology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D005647:Fucosyltransferases; C031692:galactoside 3-fucosyltransferase