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Understanding the evolutionary structural variability and target specificity of tick salivary Kunitz peptides using next generation transcriptome data

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    SYSNO ASEP0430607
    Druh ASEPJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Zařazení RIVJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Poddruh JČlánek ve WOS
    NázevUnderstanding the evolutionary structural variability and target specificity of tick salivary Kunitz peptides using next generation transcriptome data
    Tvůrce(i) Schwarz, Alexandra (BC-A)
    Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro (BC-A)
    Kopecký, Jan (BC-A) RID
    Valdés, James J. (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Zdroj.dok.BMC Evolutionary Biology. - : BioMed Central - ISSN 1471-2148
    Roč. 14, JAN 2014 (2014), s. 4
    Poč.str.16 s.
    Forma vydáníOnline - E
    Jazyk dok.eng - angličtina
    Země vyd.GB - Velká Británie
    Klíč. slovaRed Queen hypothesis ; tick saliva ; Kunitz-domain proteins ; cysteine motif ; structural bioinformatics
    Vědní obor RIVEC - Imunologie
    CEPGPP302/11/P798 GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR
    LH12002 GA MŠMT - Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
    GAP302/12/2208 GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR
    EE2.3.30.0032 GA MŠMT - Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
    Institucionální podporaBC-A - RVO:60077344
    UT WOS000329966900001
    DOI10.1186/1471-2148-14-4
    AnotaceBackground: Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods and a primary function of tick salivary proteins is to counteract the host's immune response. Tick salivary Kunitz-domain proteins perform multiple functions within the feeding lesion and have been classified as venoms; thereby, constituting them as one of the important elements in the arms race with the host. The two main mechanisms advocated to explain the functional heterogeneity of tick salivary Kunitz-domain proteins are gene sharing and gene duplication. Both do not, however, elucidate the evolution of the Kunitz family in ticks from a structural dynamic point of view. The Red Queen hypothesis offers a fruitful theoretical framework to give a dynamic explanation for host-parasite interactions. Using the recent salivary gland Ixodes ricinus transcriptome we analyze, for the first time, single Kunitz-domain encoding transcripts by means of computational, structural bioinformatics and phylogenetic approaches to improve our understanding of the structural evolution of this important multigenic protein family. Results: Organizing the l. ricinus single Kunitz-domain peptides based on their cysteine motif allowed us to specify a putative target and to relate this target specificity to Illumina transcript reads during tick feeding. We observe that several of these Kunitz peptide groups vary in their translated amino acid sequence, secondary structure, antigenicity, and intrinsic disorder, and that the majority of these groups are subject to a purifying (negative) selection. We finalize by describing the evolution and emergence of these Kunitz peptides. The overall interpretation of our analyses discloses a rapidly emerging Kunitz group with a distinct disulfide bond pattern from the l. ricinus salivary gland transcriptome.
    PracovištěBiologické centrum (od r. 2006)
    KontaktDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Rok sběru2015
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