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EMBO J
1997 Dec 15;1624:7272-8. doi: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7272.
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Characterization of the ligand-binding site of the transferrin receptor in Trypanosoma brucei demonstrates a structural relationship with the N-terminal domain of the variant surface glycoprotein.
Salmon D
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Hanocq-Quertier J
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Paturiaux-Hanocq F
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Pays A
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Tebabi P
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Nolan DP
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Michel A
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Pays E
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The Trypanosoma brucei transferrin (Tf) receptor is a heterodimer encoded by ESAG7 and ESAG6, two genes contained in the different polycistronic transcription units of the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) gene. The sequence of ESAG7/6 differs slightly between different units, so that receptors with different affinities for Tf are expressed alternatively following transcriptional switching of VSG expression sites during antigenic variation of the parasite. Based on the sequence homology between pESAG7/6 and the N-terminal domain of VSGs, it can be predicted that the four blocks containing the major sequence differences between pESAG7 and pESAG6 form surface-exposed loops and generate the ligand-binding site. The exchange of a few amino acids in this region between pESAG6s encoded by different VSG units greatly increased the affinity for bovine Tf. Similar changes in other regions were ineffective, while mutations predicted to alter the VSG-like structure abolished the binding. Chimeric proteins containing the N-terminal dimerization domain of VSG and the C-terminal half of either pESAG7 or pESAG6, which contains the ligand-binding domain, can form heterodimers that bind Tf. Taken together, these data provided evidence that the T.brucei Tf receptor is structurally related to the N-terminal domain of the VSG and that the ligand-binding site corresponds to the exposed surface loops of the protein.
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