An unusually small gene encoding a putative mucin-like glycoprotein in Trypanosoma cruzi

Gene. 1994 Mar 11;140(1):139-40. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90745-5.

Abstract

The gene encoding a putative core protein of a mucin-like glycoprotein was identified in Trypanosoma cruzi. It contains five repeats of eleven amino acids each, eight of which are Thr and two of which are Pro residues. These Thr-Pro-rich repeats resemble the ones in the human MUC2 gene encoding mucin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Consensus Sequence
  • DNA, Protozoan
  • Genes, Protozoan
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mucins / genetics*
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / genetics*
  • Trypanosoma cruzi / metabolism

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • Mucins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/L20809