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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 112, Issue 18 3061-3070, Copyright © 1999 by Company of Biologists

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Characterization of tGLP-1, a Golgi and lysosome-associated, transmembrane glycoprotein of African trypanosomes

A Lingnau, R Zufferey, M Lingnau and DG Russell
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Purification of endosomal/lysosomal vesicles of Trypanosoma brucei brucei bloodstream forms and generation of monoclonal antibodies led to the isolation of antibodies directed against an 85 kDa, Golgi and endocytic traffic-associated protein termed tGLP-1, Trypanosoma Golgi/lysosome protein-1. Preliminary immunoelectron microscopical analysis revealed that the protein is present in, but not restricted to, the limiting membrane of multivesicular lysosomes and is more abundant in bloodstream forms compared to the procyclic stage. The corresponding gene was cloned and is present as a single copy. Blast searches did not reveal any homologies to other proteins and genes published. The nucleotide sequence of the gene (1848 base pairs) predicted a type 1 membrane topology with an N-terminal signal sequence (20 aa), a luminal domain with 2 N-glycosylation sites (524 aa), a transmembrane domain (23 aa), and a long cytosolic tail domain (49 aa). Polyclonal antibodies raised against the cytosolic tail confirmed the localization of the gene product to multivesicular lysosomes but revealed that the majority of the protein was in the Golgi apparatus. Colabelling with an antibody against p67, a lysosomal glycoprotein of trypanosomes, revealed extensive overlap between the proteins with opposing relative abundance. Expression of the tGLP-1 open reading frame in Leishmania resulted in Golgi localization, and in Toxoplasma, in localization to both the Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum. These data indicate conservation in the functionality of the Golgi-targeting sequence of tGLP-1.
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