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. 2020 Sep 23;11:4813. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18624-0

Fig. 4. Strains generated to study the function and localization of DegP2.

Fig. 4

a, b The DegP2 coding sequence was replaced with YFP to generate the ∆DegP2 line, which was subsequently complemented with an HA-tagged copy of DegP2 (dark green) under the regulation of the TUB1 promoter (a). Separately, the endogenous locus of DegP2 was first tagged with the Ty epitope, and a point mutation was introduced at the catalytic serine (b). DegP2-HA, DegP2-Ty, and DegP2S569A-Ty co-localized with the mitochondrial marker mtHSP70. Merged image additionally displays YFP (green) for ∆DegP2 strains and DNA stain (blue) for the HA-stained samples. Scale bar is 5 μm. c A DegP2-inducible mutant constructed using the U1 system. Staining for the HA tag appended to the DegP2 cKD locus showed the expected localization of the protein to the mitochondrion. Individual parasites are visualized by staining for CDPK1. Scale bar is 5 μm. d Immunoblotting for DegP2’s HA tag showed robust depletion of DegP2 48 h after a 2 h rapamycin treatment. CDPK1 was used as a loading control.