title: Cloning and characterization of cDNA encoding a prohibitin-like protein from Theileria orientalis.
abstract: A cDNA clone encoding a prohibitin-like protein (Toprh) was isolated from a piroplasm cDNA library of Theileria orientalis and its nucleotide sequence was determined. An open reading frame, encoding a polypeptide of 278 amino acid residues, was found in Toprh cDNA sequence. An intron of 89 bp was identified when this cDNA clone was compared with the Toprh gene in the genome of T. orientalis. The deduced amino acid sequence of Toprh shares 93.8, 93.1 and 69.1% identities with the prohibitins of T. parva (from chromosome 1), T. annulata (from chromosome 1), and Plasmodium falciparum, (from chromosome 10), respectively. By Western blot analysis, Toprh was found to be expressed in the piroplasm stage of the parasites.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Weiyong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Misao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onuma
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D000091402:Prohibitins; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016794:Theileria / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000091402:Prohibitins; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012097:Repressor Proteins