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Vaccination With Leptospira interrogans PF07598 Gene Family-Encoded Virulence Modifying Proteins Protects Mice From Severe Leptospirosis and Reduces Bacterial Load in the Liver and Kidney
Chaurasia R, Salovey A, Guo X, Desir G, Vinetz JM. Vaccination With Leptospira interrogans PF07598 Gene Family-Encoded Virulence Modifying Proteins Protects Mice From Severe Leptospirosis and Reduces Bacterial Load in the Liver and Kidney. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2022, 12: 926994. PMID: 35837473, PMCID: PMC9274288, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.926994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLethal challenge infectionChallenge infectionBacterial loadC3H/HeJ miceKey target organClinical pathogenesisSevere leptospirosisOrgan infectionProtein immunizationHeJ miceSerovar CanicolaTarget organsAnimal modelsLeptospirosis pathogenesisCellular pathogenesisMicePathogenesisInfectionLeptospira interrogansVirulence factorsModifying proteinsImmunizationKidneyLeptospirosisLiver
2022
Structure–function analysis of cysteine residues in the plasmodium falciparum chitinase, PfCHT1
Kaur H, Garber L, Murphy JW, Vinetz JM. Structure–function analysis of cysteine residues in the plasmodium falciparum chitinase, PfCHT1. Protein Science 2022, 31: e4289. PMID: 35481637, PMCID: PMC8994504, DOI: 10.1002/pro.4289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPutative chitin-binding domainChitin-binding domainPlasmodium ookinetesProtein-protein interactionsRecombinant protein productionIntermolecular protein-protein interactionsMosquito midgut invasionStructure-function analysisEnzymatic activityIntramolecular disulfide linkagesIntermolecular disulfide bondingChitin-containing peritrophic matrixParasite cladesMidgut invasionPeritrophic matrixCysteine residuesProtein productionChitinase activityBiochemical studiesDisulfide bondingUnpaired cysteineChitinaseMalaria parasitesE. coliMutants
2010
Apical Surface Expression of Aspartic Protease Plasmepsin 4, a Potential Transmission-blocking Target of the Plasmodium Ookinete*
Li F, Patra KP, Yowell CA, Dame JB, Chin K, Vinetz JM. Apical Surface Expression of Aspartic Protease Plasmepsin 4, a Potential Transmission-blocking Target of the Plasmodium Ookinete*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2010, 285: 8076-8083. PMID: 20056606, PMCID: PMC2832958, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.063388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasmepsin 4Midgut invasionAspartic proteasesDigestive vacuoleMidgut peritrophic matrixApical surface expressionChitin-binding proteinsMass spectrometry sequencingMalaria parasitesPeritrophic matrixPlasmodium invasionAspartic protease inhibitorsPlasmodium ookinetesParasite infectivityApical surfaceDefinitive hostsMechanistic roleAffinity columnBlood-stage PlasmodiumSurface expressionCalpain inhibitorsMidgut basal laminaProteinVaccine targetsVacuoles
2001
Leishmania donovani: Expression and Characterization of Escherichia coli-Expressed Recombinant Chitinase LdCHT1
Razek-Desouky A, Specht C, Soong L, Vinetz J. Leishmania donovani: Expression and Characterization of Escherichia coli-Expressed Recombinant Chitinase LdCHT1. Experimental Parasitology 2001, 99: 220-225. PMID: 11888249, DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4665.Peer-Reviewed Original Research