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Combined Nucleotide and Protein Extractions in Caenorhabditis elegans
Published on: March 17, 2019
Molecular cloning and characterization of WD40-repeat protein from Clonorchis sinensis
Pyo Yun Cho1, Tea Im Kim, Won Gi Yoo
1Department of Parasitology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Tongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-756, South Korea.
Abstract:
WD40-repeat proteins have four to eight repeating units flanked by Gly-His (GH) and Trp-Asp (WD) at both termini and folds into a beta-propeller. A polypeptide deduced from a Clonorchis sinensis cDNA clone analyzed to have seven WD40-repeats and predicted to form a beta-propeller (CsWD1). The CsWD1 protein was expressed stage-specifically in the metacercariae and localized in the tegumental syncytium. The CsWD1 protein is suggested to serve as a platform for interacting partner proteins in the tegumental syncytium of C. sinensis metacercariae.

