The biosynthesis, processing, and immunolocalization of Leishmania pifanoi amastigote cysteine proteinases
Duboise S, Vannier-Santos M, Costa-Pinto D, Rivas L, Pan A, Traub-Cseko Y, De Souza W, McMahon-Pratt D. The biosynthesis, processing, and immunolocalization of Leishmania pifanoi amastigote cysteine proteinases. Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology 1994, 68: 119-132. PMID: 7891736, DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(94)00157-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerminal domainMature proteinaseFlagellar pocketCysteine proteinasesParasite cell divisionCOOH-terminal domainProtein sequence dataAmastigote cysteine proteinasesElectron microscopic immunolocalizationLow-level secretionCell divisionSequence dataPlasma membraneIntracellular targetingLeishmania pifanoiProteolytic processingPulse labelingAcid proteinase inhibitorsProteinase inhibitorsCultured amastigotesLevel secretionL. pifanoiExtension domainBiosynthesisEnzymatic processing