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Threonine Catabolism in Trypanosoma brucei [PDF]

Journal of General Microbiology, 1977
L-Threonine is catabolized by Trypanosoma brucei to give equimolar quantities of glycine and acetate. The pathway, which involves the two enzymes L-threonine dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.103) and aminoacetone synthase (acetyl-CoA:glycine C-acetyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.29) and subsequent hydrolysis of the acetyl-CoA, is most active in cultured trypanosomes ...
D J, Linstead, R A, Klein, G A, Cross
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Expression of procyclin mRNAs during cyclical transmission of Trypanosoma brucei [PDF]

, 2005
<i>Trypanosoma brucei</i>, the parasite causing human sleeping sickness, relies on the tsetse fly for its transmission. In the insect, EP and GPEET procyclins are the major surface glycoproteins of procyclic (midgut) forms of the parasite ...
J. David Barry, Blundell, Pat, Erik Vassella, Isabel Roditi, Blundell, P., Simon Urwyler, Abbeele Jan Van Den, Urwyler, Simon, Pat Blundell, Roditi Isabel, Vassella, Erik, Barry, J. David, Barry, J. D., Kunz Renggli, Christina, Abbeele, Jan Van Den, Barry, J.D., Roditi, Isabel, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Urwyler Simon, J David Barry, Van den Abbeele, J., Roditi, I., Abbeele, J.V.D., Kunz Renggli, C., Renggli Christina Kunz, Christina Kunz Renggli, Barry J. David, Vassella, E., Urwyler, S., Vassella Erik, Blundell Pat   +30 more
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In vitro Anti-trypanosomal Activity of Ethanolic and n-Hexane Extracts of Hymenocardia acida Stem Bark against Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma congolense

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research
The development of resistance by trypanosomes to existing trypanocidal drugs necessitates the need to search for safer and more effective alternative drugs with a broad spectrum of activity.
Lawal, S. M., Inabo, H. I., Ella, E. E., Okubanjo, O. O.   +3 more
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Calpain Proteases and the Evolving Signaling Network in Insect Embryonic Patterning

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
Insect embryonic Dorsal‐Ventral (DV) patterning relies on the BMP and Toll pathways to different extents. Calcium‐dependent cystein proteases of the Calpain family also exert an important function to pattern the DV axis. In Drosophila, Calpain A cleaves the Cactus/IkappaB inhibitor and modifies Toll signals in ventral regions of the embryo. In Rhodnius
Alison Julio, Helena Araujo
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Analytical purification of a 60-kDa target protein of artemisinin detected in Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Data in Brief, 2015
Here we describe the isolation and purity determination of Trypanosoma brucei (T. b.) brucei candidate target proteins of artemisinin. The candidate target proteins were detected and purified from their biological source (T. b.
Benetode Konziase
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Common pathways and outliers in glucose catabolism across Trypanosomatidae

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Trypanosomatid parasites, including Trypanosoma sp., Leishmania sp., Phytomonas sp., and Vickermania sp., share a common motif: a metabolism built around the glycosome, a unique peroxisome‐derived organelle housing the first steps of glycolysis. Yet, these organisms have evolved remarkably diverse strategies to catabolize glucose, excreting distinct ...
Fred R. Opperdoes, Mayke B. Alencar, Ariel M. Silber, Ingrid Škodová‐Sveráková, Kristína Záhonová, Vyacheslav Yurchenko   +5 more
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Trypanosoma brucei: meet the system [PDF]

Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2014
African trypanosomes cause devastating diseases in humans and domestic animals. The parasites evolved early in the eukaryotic lineage and have numerous biochemical peculiarities that distinguish them from other systems. These include unconventional mechanisms for expressing nuclear and mitochondrial genes as well as unusual subcellular localizations ...
Fiona, Achcar, Eduard J, Kerkhoven, Michael P, Barrett   +2 more
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Trypanosomal MICOS Is Assembled on Non‐Respiring Mitochondrial Crista Precursors and Associates With Two Integral Microproteins

Molecular Microbiology, EarlyView.
The mitochondrial membrane‐shaping machinery MICOS is assembled surprisingly early during the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei, before the mitochondrion acquires its mature architecture or full respiratory capacity. Our study also identifies two previously uncharacterized proteins associated with MICOS, providing new insight into the early organization
Michala Boudová, Teresa Wagner, Tomáš Bílý, Martina Tesařová, Corinna Benz, Hassan Hashimi   +5 more
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Identification of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in naturally infected dogs in Nigeria

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Animal trypanosomosis is endemic in Nigeria, while the human disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is rarely reported nowadays after efforts to bring it under control in the 20th century.
Paschal Ugochukwu Umeakuana, Wendy Gibson, Romanus Chukwuduruo Ezeokonkwo, Boniface Maduka Anene   +3 more
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Structural Insights Into the Function of Leishmania major Adenylosuccinate Lyase

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, Volume 94, Issue 10, Page 1686-1701, October 2026.
ABSTRACT One of several intriguing aspects of kinetoplastid biochemistry is the complete dependence on host purines and purine recycling due to the lack of a de novo purine biosynthesis pathway. Adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL, EC 4.3.2.2) is a key enzyme in the purine synthesis pathway responsible for the conversion of adenylosuccinate into adenosine ...
Ivan R. e Silva, Monique Mantovani, Maria E. S. D. Lino, Aline O. Albuquerque, João H. M. da Silva, Ronaldo A. P. Nagem, Adriana L. Rojas, Geraldo R. Sartori, Eduardo Horjales, David Campbell, Otavio H. Thiemann   +10 more
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