title: The Selenophosphate synthetase gene from Leishmania major.
abstract: Selenophosphate synthetase coding sequence was cloned from Leishmania major by RT-PCR amplification. The DNA sequence was found to have an open reading frame encoding protein with 398 amino acids and does not have in-frame UGA codon. The deduced amino acid sequence indicates that it has cysteine residue instead of selenocysteine at the active site of enzyme. Amino acid sequence alignment of Selenophosphate synthetase from parasite with the human enzyme showed approximately 45% homology. The sequences also indicated presence of conserved amino acid residues and motifs that are present in mammalian Selenophosphate synthetase. Southern analysis done with restriction enzyme digested genomic DNA and pulse filed separated chromosome suggests that L. major genome contain a single copy of Selenophosphate synthetase sequence. Expression analysis by Northern analysis and RT-PCR indicated Selenophosphate synthetase mRNA is present in promastigote and amastigote stages of parasite.
authors.affiliation: National Centrefor Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune 411007, India.
authors.forename: P Cyril
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Jayakumar
authors.forename: Vijay V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Musande
authors.forename: Yogesh S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Shouche
authors.forename: Milind S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Patole
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D018320:Leishmania major / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D010770:Phosphotransferases; C062762:selenophosphate synthetase