Molecular analysis of the hydrogenosomal ferredoxin of the anaerobic protist Trichomonas vaginalis - PubMed (original) (raw)

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Molecular analysis of the hydrogenosomal ferredoxin of the anaerobic protist Trichomonas vaginalis

P J Johnson et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Aug.

Abstract

We have determined the primary structure of the [2Fe-2S]ferredoxin of the anaerobic protist Trichomonas vaginalis. This protein, situated in the hydrogenosome, is composed of 93 amino acids. A comparison of T. vaginalis ferredoxin with greater than 80 other ferredoxins shows the closest similarity to [2Fe-2S]putidaredoxin of the aerobic bacterium Pseudomonas putida and a lesser one to mitochondrial [2Fe-2S]ferredoxins of vertebrates. This similarity is reflected in the overall primary structure and in the spacing of cysteine residues coordinating the iron-sulfur center. The primary structure, but not the environment of the iron-sulfur center, also shows similarity with [2Fe-2S]ferredoxins of photosynthetic organisms and halobacteria. We have cloned and analyzed the T. vaginalis ferredoxin gene. The gene is present in a single copy and devoid of introns. It gives rise to a transcript with unusually short 5' and 3' untranslated regions of 16 and 18 nucleotides, respectively. DNA sequence analysis of the gene predicts an additional 8 amino acids at the amino terminus which are absent from the purified protein. This amino-terminal region of the protein is characterized by properties typical of mitochondrial presequences.

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Molecular analysis of the hydrogenosomal ferredoxin of the anaerobic protist Trichomonas vaginalis - PubMed (original) (raw)