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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 355, 期 5, 页码 933-941出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.027
关键词
plasmodium; malaria; invasion; myosin; motility
资金
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117570592, MC_U117532067] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117570592, MC_U117532067] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U117570592, MC_U117532067] Funding Source: UKRI
Parasites of the Apicomplexa phylum use an actomyosin motor to drive invasion of host cells. The motor complex is located at the parasite's periphery between the plasma membrane and an inner membrane complex. A crucial component of this complex is myosin tail domain interacting protein (MTIP) identified in the murine malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii. Here, we show that MTIP is expressed in Plasmodium falciparum merozoites, localises to the periphery of the cell and is present in a complex with myosin A. The MTIP-myosin A tail interaction has a K-d of 235 nM and calcium ions do not play a role in modulating the binding affinity of the two molecules, despite reports of a predicted EF-hand in MTIP. Antibodies to MTIP were used to immobilise the MTIP-myosin A complex, allowing actin binding and motility to be examined. Measurement of actin filament velocities powered by myosin A revealed a velocity of 3.51 mu m s(-1), a speed comparable to fast muscle myosins. A short peptide derived from the tail of myosin A (C-MyoA) bound to MTIP and was able to disrupt the association of MTIP and myosin A in parasite lysates. C-MyoA peptidomimetic compounds that disrupt the MTIP-myosin A interaction are predicted to inhibit parasite motility and host cell invasion, which may be targets for new therapeutic approaches. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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