title: Molecular cloning and characterization of Hymenolepis diminuta alpha-tubulin gene.
abstract: To isolate a full-length alpha-tubulin cDNA from an eucestode, Hymenolepis diminuta, a lambda phage cDNA library was constructed. The alpha-tubulin gene was cloned, sequenced and characterized. The H. diminuta alpha-tubulin consisted of 450 amino acids. This protein contained putative sites for all posttranslational modifications as detyrosination/tyrosination at the carboxyl-terminal of protien, phosphorylation at residues R79 and K336, glycylation/glutamylation at residue G445 and acetylation at residue K40. Comparisons of H. diminuta alpha-tubulin with all full-length alpha-tubulin proteins revealed that H. diminuta alpha-tubulin possesses 10 distinctive residues, which are not found in any other alpha-tubulins. Phylogenetic analysis showed that H. diminuta alpha-tubulin has grouped in a separated branch adjacent eucestode and trematodes branch with 92% bootstrap value (1000 replicates). In conclusion, this is the first report of H. diminuta cDNA library construction, cloning and characterization of H. diminuta alpha-tubulin gene.
authors: Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, Ont., Canada. behi_m@yahoo.com
authors: Behrokh
authors: B
authors: Mohajer-Maghari
authors: Samad
authors: S
authors: Amini-Bavil-Olyaee
authors: Rodney A
authors: RA
authors: Webb
authors: Imogen R
authors: IR
authors: Coe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009348:Nematoda / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014404:Tubulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014404:Tubulin