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. 2022 Feb 17;12:825458. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.825458

Table 1.

Kinases secreted by protozoan parasites.

Organism Kinase Name Kinase Class References Stages
Leishmania 6-phospho-1-fructokinase, putative carbohydrate Silverman et al., 2008; Silverman et al., 2010a; Douanne et al., 2020 Stationary-phase promastigotes, logarithmic promastigotes
adenosine kinase, putative nucleoside Silverman et al., 2008 Stationary-phase promastigotes
adenylate kinase, putative nucleoside Silverman et al., 2008; Silverman et al., 2010a; Hassani et al., 2011; Douanne et al., 2020 Stationary-phase promastigotes, logarithmic promastigotes and axenic amastigotes
casein kinase I, putative CK1.2 protein Silverman et al., 2008; Silverman et al., 2010a Stationary-phase promastigotes
casein kinase II, alpha chain, Putative LmjF.02.0360 protein Douanne et al., 2020 Logarithmic promastigotes
mevalonate kinase lipid Bamra et al., 2021 Promastigotes and amastigotes
cdc2-related kinase 9 protein Silverman et al., 2008 Stationary-phase promastigotes
glycogen synthase kinase3-putative protein Douanne et al., 2020 Logarithmic promastigotes
glycosomal phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, putative other Silverman et al., 2008; Hassani et al., 2011; Douanne et al., 2020 Stationary-phase promastigotes and logarithmic promastigotes
hexokinase, putative carbohydrate Silverman et al., 2008; Hassani et al., 2011 Stationary-phase promastigotes
mitogen activated protein kinase, putative,map kinase, putative protein Silverman et al., 2008 Stationary-phase promastigotes
mitogen-activated protein kinase 3, putative,map kinase 3, putative protein Silverman et al., 2008 Stationary-phase promastigotes
nucleoside diphosphate kinase b nucleoside Silverman et al., 2008; Silverman et al., 2010a; Hassani et al., 2011; Douanne et al., 2020 Stationary-phase promastigotes, logarithmic promastigotes and axenic amastigotes.
phosphoglycerate kinase other Douanne et al., 2020; Mandacaru et al., 2019; Ribeiro et al., 2018; Brossas et al., 2017; Queiroz et al., 2016; Bayer-Santos et al., 2013; Hassani et al., 2011 Logarithmic promastigotes, stationary-phase promastigotes and Epimastigotes, Vero cells infected with trypomastigotes, Trypomastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes and trypomastigotes.
protein kinase, putative LmjF34.0030 protein Silverman et al., 2008 Stationary-phase promastigotes
pyruvate dehydrogenase lipoamide kinase, putative other Silverman et al., 2008 Stationary-phase promastigotes
pyruvate kinase, putative other Silverman et al., 2008; Silverman et al., 2010a; Douanne et al., 2020; Ribeiro et al., 2018 Stationary-phase promastigotes and logarithmic promastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes.
pyruvate phosphate dikinase, putative other Silverman et al., 2008; Silverman et al., 2010a; Douanne et al., 2020 Stationary-phase promastigotes and logarithmic promastigotes
serine/threonine-protein kinase, putative LINF_290033500/LmjF29.2570 identity to human Nek1 protein Douanne et al., 2020 Logarithmic promastigotes
serine/threonine-protein kinase, putative LmjF25.2340 identity to human AKT1 protein Silverman et al., 2010a Stationary-phase promastigotes
tagatose-6-phosphate kinase-like protein carbohydrate Silverman et al., 2008 Stationary-phase promastigotes
Trypanosoma cruzi adenosine kinase, putative nucleoside Brossas et al., 2017 Trypomastigotes
mevalonate kinase lipid Ferreira et al., 2016 Metacyclic trypomastigote and extracellular amastigote cultures
adenylate kinase, putative nucleoside Queiroz et al., 2016; Ribeiro et al., 2018 Trypomastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
arginine kinase other Bayer-Santos et al., 2013; Queiroz et al., 2016; Brossas et al., 2017; Ribeiro et al., 2018; Mandacaru et al., 2019 Epimastigotes, Vero cells infected with trypomastigotes, Trypomastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes and trypomastigotes.
fucose kinase carbohydrate Ribeiro et al., 2018 Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
galactokinase carbohydrate Ribeiro et al., 2018 Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
glycosomal phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, putative other Queiroz et al., 2016; Ribeiro et al., 2018; Mandacaru et al., 2019 Trypomastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes and trypomastigotes.
hexokinase carbohydrate Bayer-Santos et al., 2013, Mandacaru et al., 2019 Epimastigotes and trypomastigotes.
mitogen-activated protein kinase, putative protein Bayer-Santos et al., 2013; Brossas et al., 2017; Ribeiro et al., 2018 Epimastigotes, Vero cells infected with trypomastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
NIMA-related kinase, putative protein Queiroz et al., 2016 Trypomastigotes
nucleoside diphosphate kinase B nucleoside Bayer-Santos et al., 2013; Brossas et al., 2017; Queiroz et al., 2016; Ribeiro et al., 2018; Mandacaru et al., 2019 Epimastigotes, Vero cells infected with trypomastigotes, Trypomastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes and trypomastigotes.
phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase lipid Bayer-Santos et al., 2013 Epimastigotes
Protein kinase Tc00.1047053506211.210 MAPKKK identity to human PAK1/PAK3 protein Ribeiro et al., 2018 Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
Protein kinase, putative TcCLB.508641.170 identity to human PKC theta protein Brossas et al., 2017 Vero cells infected with trypomastigotes
protein kinase-A catalytic subunit protein Queiroz et al., 2016 Trypomastigotes
pyridoxal kinase, putative other Queiroz et al., 2016; Ribeiro et al., 2018 Trypomastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
pyruvate kinase 2, putative other Queiroz et al., 2016 Trypomastigotes
pyruvate phosphate dikinase 2 other Queiroz et al., 2016 Trypomastigotes
pyruvate phosphate dikinase 1 other Bayer-Santos et al., 2013; Ribeiro et al., 2018 Epimastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
serine/threonine protein kinase TcCLB.508153.400/TCSYLVIO_004423 identity to human Nek1 protein Bayer-Santos et al., 2013; Ribeiro et al., 2018 Epimastigotes, Tissue culture-derived trypomastigotes
serine/threonine-protein kinase 10, putative TcCLB.506401.110 identity to human STK10 protein Queiroz et al., 2016 Trypomastigotes
Plasmodium Camk2d calcium/calmodulin_dependent protein kinase II_ delta isoform 1 protein Martin-Jaular et al., 2011 Trophozoite P. yoelii infected reticulocyte
Camk2d Isoform 1 of Calcium/calmodulin_dependent protein kinase type II delta chain protein Martin-Jaular et al., 2011 Trophozoite P. yoelii infected reticulocyte
Camk2d Isoform 2 of Calcium/calmodulin_dependent protein kinase type II delta chain protein Martin-Jaular et al., 2011 Trophozoite P. yoelii infected reticulocyte
Camk2d Isoform 3 of Calcium/calmodulin_dependent protein kinase type II delta chain protein Martin-Jaular et al., 2011 Trophozoite P. yoelii infected reticulocyte
Camk2d Isoform 4 of Calcium/calmodulin_dependent protein kinase type II delta chain protein Martin-Jaular et al., 2011 Trophozoite P. yoelii infected reticulocyte
casein kinase 2, alpha subunit protein Abdi et al., 2017 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
diacyl glycerol kinase lipid Gualdron-Lopez et al., 2018 Trophozoite P. vivax infected erythrocyte
FIKK10.1 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK13 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK14 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK1 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK4.1 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK4.2 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK7.1 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK9.1 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK9.3 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK9.6 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK10.2 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK11 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
FIKK12 protein Hiller et al., 2004 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
pacsin2 Protein kinase C and casein kinase substrate in neurons protein 2 protein Martin-Jaular et al., 2011 Trophozoite P. yoelii infected reticulocyte
phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase, putative lipid Abdi et al., 2017 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
phosphoglycerate kinase other Mantel et al., 2013; Abdi et al., 2017 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
pseudo protein kinase 1, putative PF3D7_0321400 protein Abdi et al., 2017 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
pyruvate kinase other Vincensini et al., 2005; Mantel et al., 2013 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
serine/threonine protein kinase, putative PF3D7_1441300 protein Abdi et al., 2017 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK1 protein Lal et al., 2009 Purified microneme organelle
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK4 protein Lal et al., 2009 Purified microneme organelle
adenylate kinase nucleoside Vincensini et al., 2005 Trophozoite P. falciparum infected erythrocyte
Toxoplasma calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK1 protein Wowk et al., 2017; Ramirez-Flores et al., 2019 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast, Acellular tachyzoites
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK2A protein Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK3 protein Wowk et al., 2017; Ramirez-Flores et al., 2019 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast, Acellular tachyzoites
casein kinase I protein Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
CMGC kinase, CK2 family protein Wowk et al., 2017; Ramirez-Flores et al., 2019 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast, Acellular tachyzoites
hexokinase carbohydrate Wowk et al., 2017; Ramirez-Flores et al., 2019 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast, Acellular tachyzoites
nucleoside diphosphate kinase nucleoside Lee et al., 2014 Acellular tachyzoites
phosphoenolpyruvate-carboxykinase I other Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
phosphofructokinase PFKII carbohydrate Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
phosphoglycerate kinase other Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
pyruvate kinase other Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
rhoptry kinase family protein ROP39 protein Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
selenide, water dikinase other Wowk et al., 2017 Tachyzoite T. gondii infected human foreskin fibroblast
ROP2 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP4 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP5 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP8 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP11 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP16 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP17 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP18 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
ROP38 - PK-like protein Bradley et al., 2005 Purified rhoptry organelle
WNG1 (With-No-Gly-Loop) protein Beraki et al., 2019 Bradyzoite
WNG2 protein Beraki et al., 2019 Bradyzoite
WNG3 protein Beraki et al., 2019 Bradyzoite
BPK1 bradyzoite pseudokinase 1 protein Buchholz et al., 2013 Bradyzoite
Eimeria a pyruvate kinase other Labbé et al., 2006 Schizont from in vitro infected cells
hexokinase carbohydrate Sun et al., 2016 Sporozoite from in vitro infected cells
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK1 protein Dunn et al., 1996 Sporozoite from in vitro infected cells
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK2 protein Dunn et al., 1996 Sporozoite from in vitro infected cells
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK3 protein Han et al., 2013 Sporozoite and schizont from in vitro infected cells
calcium-dependent protein kinase CDPK4 protein Wang et al., 2016a Sporozoite and merozoite from in vitro infected cells
ETH_00000075 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00005190 - EtROP1 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00005400 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00005840 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00005905 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00020620 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00026495 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00027695 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00027700 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00027855 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
ETH_00028765 protein Oakes et al., 2013 Purified rhoptry organelle
WNG1, predicted protein Beraki et al., 2019 ND b
WNG4, predicted protein Beraki et al., 2019 ND b
a

Secreted kinases listed for Eimeria are underestimated, due to a lack of datasets. Eimeria pyruvate kinase (Labbé et al., 2006), hexokinase (Sun et al., 2016) and CDPK (Dunn et al., 1996; Han et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2016a) are secreted by an unknown mechanism.

b

Not determined.

Kinase class refers to the kinase substrate. Kinases common to kinetoplastids and Apicomplexa are indicated in bold, kinases specific to kinetoplastids or to Apicomplexa are indicated in italic or underlined, respectively. Based on experimental procedures of cited references for Apicomplexa, kinases from organelles are secreted in the host cell cytoplasm, not in the extracellular medium. To the author knowledge, only P. falciparum TKL2 and PfCK1 were detected in extracellular medium and at the erythrocyte membrane (Abdi et al., 2013) and maybe associated to immunomodulatory functions. Most of the secreted proteins of Kinetoplastids are released inside the host cell. Ndk and AK seem to be secreted in the extracellular environment of the host cell due to their role. Limitations concerning secretome preparation and characterization have been reviewed (Severino et al., 2013).