Cloning and characterization of a 2-Cys peroxiredoxin from Babesia gibsoni

J Vet Med Sci. 2014 Jan;76(1):139-43. doi: 10.1292/jvms.13-0274. Epub 2013 Sep 11.

Abstract

Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a family of antioxidant enzymes. Here, we cloned a 2-Cys Prx, BgTPx-1, from the canine Babesia parasite B. gibsoni. Sequence identity between BgTPx-1 and 2-Cys Prx of B. bovis was 81% at the amino acid level. Enzyme activity assay by using recombinant BgTPx-1 (rBgTPx-1) indicated that BgTPx-1 has antioxidant activity. Antiserum from a mouse immunized with rBgTPx-1 reacted with parasite lysates and detect a protein with a monomeric size of 22 kDa and also a 44 kDa protein, which might be an inefficiently reduced dimer. BgTPx-1 was expressed in the cytoplasm of B. gibsoni merozoites. These results suggest that the BgTPx-1 may play a role to control redox balance in the cytoplasm of B. gibsoni.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood
  • Babesia / enzymology*
  • Babesia / genetics
  • Babesiosis / parasitology
  • Babesiosis / veterinary*
  • Base Sequence
  • Blotting, Western / veterinary
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Dog Diseases / parasitology*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peroxiredoxins / genetics*
  • Peroxiredoxins / metabolism
  • RNA, Protozoan / chemistry
  • RNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • RNA, Protozoan
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Peroxiredoxins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB829722