The genomic DNAs of strains JPCM5 and 263 of L. infantum, strains LV39 and Friedlin of L. major and strains Parrot-TarII and S125 of L. tarentolae were used in comparative genomic hybridizations to reveal the intra-species and inter-species gene content, and to validate L. tarentolae Parrot-TarII ge...
Base J and H3.V promote RNA Polymerase (RNAP) II termination within polycistronic gene clusters in the kinetoplastid species Trypanosoma brucei. Although base J has been shown to promote RNAP II termination in the related kinetoplastid species Leishmania major and Leishmania tarentolae, the role of ...
This study was used to determine the components of the natively isolated Leishmania tarentolae axoneme. The sample used in this study had the membrane stripped in order to isolate solely the axonemal components.
Base J, β-D-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil, is an epigenetic modification of thymine in the nuclear DNA of flagellated protozoa of the order Kinetoplastida. J is enriched at sites involved in RNA Polymerase (RNAP) II initiation and termination. We have previously demonstrated a role of J in regulating...
Some T's in nuclear DNA of trypanosomes and Leishmania are hydroxylated and glucosylated to yield base J (?-D-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil). In Leishmania about 99% of J is located in telomeric repeats. We show here that most of the remaining J is located at chromosome-internal RNA Polymerase II ter...
Acidocalcisomes are evolutionarily conserved acidic organelles that are rich in cations and inorganic phosphate, primarily polyphosphates. In kinetoplastid parasites, acidocalcisomes and their polyphosphate content are essential for osmoregulation and environmental adaptation during host switching. ...
Import and oxidative folding of proteins in the mitochondrial intermembrane space differ among eukaryotic lineages. While opisthokonts such as yeast rely on the receptor and oxidoreductase Mia40 in combination with the Mia40:cytochrome c oxidoreductase Erv, kinetoplastid parasites and other excavate...
