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Molecular and biochemical characterisation of abomasal nematode parasites Teladorsagia circumcincta and Haemonchus contortus phosphofructokinases and their recognition by the immune host

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posted on 2023-05-03, 11:25 authored by Saleh UmairSaleh Umair, E Dagnicourt, Jacqui Knight, Tony Pernthaner, H. V. Simpson
Full length cDNAs encoding phosphofructokinase (PFK) were cloned from Teladorsagia circumcincta (TcPFK) and Haemonchus contortus (HcPFK). TcPFK (2361 bp) and HcPFK (2367 bp) cDNA encoded 787 and 789 amino acid proteins respectively. The predicted amino acid sequences showed 98% similarity with each other and 70% with a Caenorhabditis elegans PFK. Substrate binding sites were completely conserved in both proteins. Soluble N-terminal His-tagged PFK proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli strain BL21, purified and characterised. The recombinant TcPFK and HcPFK had very similar kinetic properties: the pH optima were pH 7.0, Km for fructose 6-phosphate was 0.50 ± 0.01 and 0.55 ± 0.01 mM respectively when higher (inhibiting concentration, 0.3 mM) ATP concentration was used and the curve was sigmoidal. The Vmax for TcPFK and HcPFK were 1110 ± 16 and 910 ± 10 nM min−1 mg−1 protein respectively. Lower ATP concentration (non-inhibiting, 0.01 mM) did not change the Vmax for TcPFK and HcPFK (890 ± 10 and 860 ± 12 nM min−1 mg−1 protein) but the substrate affinity doubled and Km for fructose 6-phosphate were 0.20 ± 0.05 and 0.25 ± 0.01 mM respectively. Recognition of TcPFK and HcPFK by mucosal and serum antibodies in nematode exposed animals demonstrates antigenicity and suggests involvement in the host response to nematode infection.

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Elsevier

Journal title

Experimental Parasitology

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0014-4894

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Umair, S., Dagnicourt, E., Knight, J. S., Simpson, H. V., & Pernthaner, A. (2015). Molecular and biochemical characterisation of abomasal nematode parasites Teladorsagia circumcincta and Haemonchus contortus phosphofructokinases and their recognition by the immune host. Experimental Parasitology, 151–152, 64-72. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2015.01.020

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