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. 1995 Jan 1;305(Pt 1):307–313. doi: 10.1042/bj3050307

Isolation and structural characterization of the Leishmania donovani kinetoplastid membrane protein-11, a major immunoreactive membrane glycoprotein.

A Jardim 1, V Funk 1, R M Caprioli 1, R W Olafson 1
PMCID: PMC1136464  PMID: 7826346

Abstract

A novel membrane molecule, previously observed to be co-isolated with lipophosphoglycan and called lipophosphoglycan-associated protein, has been detected in Leishmania donovani promastigotes and amastigotes. This kinetoplastid membrane protein (KMP-11) has been purified by preparative SDS/PAGE after organic solvent extraction of promastigote membranes. Isoelectric-focusing experiments indicated that this was an acidic protein with an isoelectric point of 4.8. Immunoblot analysis of subcellular fractions, together with 125I-labelling experiments, showed this molecule to be associated with the promastigote cell surface membrane. KMP-11 was expressed at a copy number similar to that of lipophosphoglycan (1 x 10(6)-2 x 10(6) molecules per cell), making this glycoprotein one of the major features on the parasite cell surface. The primary structure, less a blocked N-terminal region, was determined by automated Edman degradation of peptides derived from CNBr or enzymic fragmentation. Several post-translational modifications were also found during these studies, including an O-linked oligosaccharide and an NG-monomethylarginine functionality which was verified by m.s. Finally, a set of sequential synthetic peptides was made based on the established partial sequence allowing structural determination of two distinct antibody-binding sites for the monoclonal antibodies L98 and L157.

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