کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6135954 1224915 2012 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The Chlamydia trachomatis CT149 protein exhibits esterase activity in vitro and catalyzes cholesteryl ester hydrolysis when expressed in HeLa cells
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی ایمونولوژی
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The Chlamydia trachomatis CT149 protein exhibits esterase activity in vitro and catalyzes cholesteryl ester hydrolysis when expressed in HeLa cells
چکیده انگلیسی
Chlamydia, like other intracellular bacteria, are auxotrophic for a variety of essential metabolites and obtain cholesterol and fatty acids from their eukaryotic host cell, however not many Chlamydia-specific enzymes have been identified that are involved in lipid metabolism. In silico analysis of one candidate Chlamydia trachomatis enzyme, annotated as a conserved putative hydrolase (CT149), identified two lipase/esterase GXSXG motifs, and a potential cholesterol recognition/interaction amino acid consensus (CRAC) sequence. His-tag purified recombinant CT149 exhibited ester hydrolysis activity in a nitrophenyl acetate-based cell-free assay system. When cholesteryl linoleate was used as substrate, ester hydrolysis occurred and production of cholesterol was detected by high performance liquid chromatography. Exogenous expression of transfected CT149 in HeLa cells resulted in a significant decrease of cytoplasmic cholesteryl esters within 48 h. These results demonstrate that CT149 has cholesterol esterase activity and is likely to contribute to the hydrolysis of eukaryotic cholesteryl esters during intracellular chlamydial growth.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Microbes and Infection - Volume 14, Issue 13, November 2012, Pages 1196-1204
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