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:The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum genome sequencing has revealed the existence of a second gene for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a key factor in a variety of DNA metabolic events. The alternate copy of PCNA (PfPCNA2) shows only 23% identity to an earlier reported P. falciparum PCNA homologue (PfPCNA1). Our analysis indicated structural conservation of PfPCNA2 compared to eukaryotic PCNAs. PfPCNA1 and 2 polypeptides showed differential expression in the intraerythrocytic cell cycle of the malaria parasite. PfPCNA1 expression slowly increases about threefold from the ring to the late schizont stage. In contrast PfPCNA2 showed robust expression in trophozoites and early schizonts with a sudden drop in expression in the late schizont stage, suggesting that the two PfPCNAs may function under different physiological conditions. Chemical cross-linking indicated the presence of a trimeric PfPCNA2 protein, indicating the possible existence of a functional ring-like PfPCNA2 structure.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Patterson S,Whittle C,Robert C,Chakrabarti Ddoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02436-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-11-01 00:00:00pages
371-6issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006291X02024361journal_volume
298pub_type
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