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Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome
BACKGROUND: Babesia gibsoni is an apicomplexan parasite transmitted by ticks, which can infect canine species and cause babesiosis. The apicoplast is an organelle associated with isoprenoids metabolism, is widely present in apicomplexan parasites, except for Cryptosporidium. Available data indicate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32317011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04065-7 |
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author | Liu, Qin Yu, Long Jiang, Fan Li, Muxiao Zhan, Xueyan Huang, Yuan Wang, Sen Du, Xiaoyong He, Lan Zhao, Junlong |
author_facet | Liu, Qin Yu, Long Jiang, Fan Li, Muxiao Zhan, Xueyan Huang, Yuan Wang, Sen Du, Xiaoyong He, Lan Zhao, Junlong |
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description | BACKGROUND: Babesia gibsoni is an apicomplexan parasite transmitted by ticks, which can infect canine species and cause babesiosis. The apicoplast is an organelle associated with isoprenoids metabolism, is widely present in apicomplexan parasites, except for Cryptosporidium. Available data indicate that the apicoplast is essential for the survival of apicomplexan parasites. METHODS: Here, the apicoplast genome of B. gibsoni was investigated by high-throughput genome sequencing, bioinformatics analysis, and conventional PCR. RESULTS: The apicoplast genome of B. gibsoni-Wuhan strain (B. gibsoni-WH) consists of a 28.4 kb circular molecule, with A + T content of 86.33%, similar to that of B. microti. Specifically, this genome encodes genes involved in maintenance of the apicoplast DNA, transcription, translation and maturation of organellar proteins, which contains 2 subunits of ribosomal RNAs, 17 ribosomal proteins, 1 EF-Tu elongation factor (tufA), 5 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase beta subunits, 2 Clp protease chaperones, 23 tRNA genes and 5 unknown open reading frames (hypothetical proteins). Phylogenetic analysis revealed high similarity of B. gibsoni apicoplast genome to that of B. orientalis and B. bovis. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first report of annotation and characterization of B. gibsoni-WH apicoplast genome. The results will facilitate the development of new anti-Babesia drug targets. [Image: see text] |
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spelling | pubmed-71755882020-04-24 Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome Liu, Qin Yu, Long Jiang, Fan Li, Muxiao Zhan, Xueyan Huang, Yuan Wang, Sen Du, Xiaoyong He, Lan Zhao, Junlong Parasit Vectors Research BACKGROUND: Babesia gibsoni is an apicomplexan parasite transmitted by ticks, which can infect canine species and cause babesiosis. The apicoplast is an organelle associated with isoprenoids metabolism, is widely present in apicomplexan parasites, except for Cryptosporidium. Available data indicate that the apicoplast is essential for the survival of apicomplexan parasites. METHODS: Here, the apicoplast genome of B. gibsoni was investigated by high-throughput genome sequencing, bioinformatics analysis, and conventional PCR. RESULTS: The apicoplast genome of B. gibsoni-Wuhan strain (B. gibsoni-WH) consists of a 28.4 kb circular molecule, with A + T content of 86.33%, similar to that of B. microti. Specifically, this genome encodes genes involved in maintenance of the apicoplast DNA, transcription, translation and maturation of organellar proteins, which contains 2 subunits of ribosomal RNAs, 17 ribosomal proteins, 1 EF-Tu elongation factor (tufA), 5 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase beta subunits, 2 Clp protease chaperones, 23 tRNA genes and 5 unknown open reading frames (hypothetical proteins). Phylogenetic analysis revealed high similarity of B. gibsoni apicoplast genome to that of B. orientalis and B. bovis. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first report of annotation and characterization of B. gibsoni-WH apicoplast genome. The results will facilitate the development of new anti-Babesia drug targets. [Image: see text] BioMed Central 2020-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7175588/ /pubmed/32317011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04065-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Liu, Qin Yu, Long Jiang, Fan Li, Muxiao Zhan, Xueyan Huang, Yuan Wang, Sen Du, Xiaoyong He, Lan Zhao, Junlong Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome |
title | Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome |
title_full | Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome |
title_fullStr | Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome |
title_full_unstemmed | Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome |
title_short | Annotation and characterization of Babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome |
title_sort | annotation and characterization of babesia gibsoni apicoplast genome |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32317011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04065-7 |
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