Yusuf, Noor A; Green, Judith L; Wall, Richard J; Knuepfer, Ellen; Moon, Robert W; Schulte-Huxel, Christina; Stanway, Rebecca R; Martin, Stephen R; Howell, Steven A; Douse, Christopher H; +4 more... Cota, Ernesto; Tate, Edward W; Tewari, Rita; Holder, Anthony A; (2015) The Plasmodium Class XIV Myosin, MyoB, Has a Distinct Subcellular Location in Invasive and Motile Stages of the Malaria Parasite and an Unusual Light Chain. The Journal of biological chemistry, 290 (19). pp. 12147-12164. ISSN 0021-9258 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.637694
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Abstract
Myosin B (MyoB) is one of the two short class XIV myosins encoded in the Plasmodium genome. Class XIV myosins are characterized by a catalytic "head," a modified "neck," and the absence of a "tail" region. Myosin A (MyoA), the other class XIV myosin in Plasmodium, has been established as a component of the glideosome complex important in motility and cell invasion, but MyoB is not well characterized. We analyzed the properties of MyoB using three parasite species as follows: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium berghei, and Plasmodium knowlesi. MyoB is expressed in all invasive stages (merozoites, ookinetes, and sporozoites) of the life cycle, and the protein is found in a discrete apical location in these polarized cells. In P. falciparum, MyoB is synthesized very late in schizogony/merogony, and its location in merozoites is distinct from, and anterior to, that of a range of known proteins present in the rhoptries, rhoptry neck or micronemes. Unlike MyoA, MyoB is not associated with glideosome complex proteins, including the MyoA light chain, myosin A tail domain-interacting protein (MTIP). A unique MyoB light chain (MLC-B) was identified that contains a calmodulin-like domain at the C terminus and an extended N-terminal region. MLC-B localizes to the same extreme apical pole in the cell as MyoB, and the two proteins form a complex. We propose that MLC-B is a MyoB-specific light chain, and for the short class XIV myosins that lack a tail region, the atypical myosin light chains may fulfill that role.
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Department of Infection Biology |
PubMed ID | 25802338 |
ISI | 354388600028 |
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