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Sequence elements essential for the rapid turnover of Crithidia fasciculata ornithine decarboxylase

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Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) has a very fast turnover in mammalian cells, but is a stable enzyme in T. brucei and other trypanosmatid parasites like Leishmania donovani. However, Crithidia fasciculata, which is a phylogenetically closely related trypanosomatid to L. donovani, has an ODC with a rapid turnover. Interestingly, C. fasciculata ODC, but not L. donovani ODC, is rapidly degraded also in mammalian systems. In order to obtain information on what sequences are important for the rapid degradation of C. fasciculata ODC, we produced a variety of C. fasciculata/L. donovani ODC hybrid proteins and characterized their turnover using two different mammalian expression systems. The results obtained indicate that C. fasciculata ODC contains several sequence elements essential for the rapid turnover of the protein and that these regions are mainly located in the central part of the enzyme.

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Present address: Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, University of Dublin – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Authors’ address: Lo Persson, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC D-12, S-221 84 Lund, Sweden

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Nasizadeh, S., Thiman, L. & Persson, L. Sequence elements essential for the rapid turnover of Crithidia fasciculata ornithine decarboxylase. Amino Acids 34, 421–428 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-007-0552-x

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