eprintid: 1443051 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/44/30/51 datestamp: 2014-08-25 18:47:26 lastmod: 2021-10-04 00:48:41 status_changed: 2014-08-25 18:47:26 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Tarr, SJ creators_name: Moon, RW creators_name: Hardege, I creators_name: Osborne, AR title: A conserved domain targets exported PHISTb family proteins to the periphery of Plasmodium infected erythrocytes. ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C08 divisions: D09 divisions: G03 keywords: Cytoskeleton, Malaria, PHIST, PRESAN, Plasmodium, Protein export note: © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). abstract: During blood-stage infection, malaria parasites export numerous proteins to the host erythrocyte. The Poly-Helical Interspersed Sub-Telomeric (PHIST) proteins are an exported family that share a common 'PRESAN' domain, and include numerous members in Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi. In P. falciparum, PHIST proteins have been implicated in protein trafficking and intercellular communication. A number of PHIST proteins are essential for parasite survival. Here, we identify nine members of the PHISTb sub-class of PHIST proteins, including one protein known to be essential for parasite survival, that localise to the erythrocyte periphery. These proteins have solubility characteristics consistent with their association with the erythrocyte cytoskeleton. Together, an extended PRESAN domain, comprising the PRESAN domain and preceding sequence, form a novel targeting-domain that is sufficient to localise a protein to the erythrocyte periphery. We validate the role of this domain in RESA, thus identifying a cytoskeleton-binding domain in RESA that functions independently of its known spectrin-binding domain. Our data suggest that some PHISTb proteins may act as cross-linkers of the erythrocyte cytoskeleton. We also show for the first time that peripherally-localised PHISTb proteins are encoded in genomes of P. knowlesi and vivax indicating a conserved role for the extended PRESAN domain of these proteins in targeting to the erythrocyte periphery. date: 2014-08-11 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.07.011 vfaculties: VFLS oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: JOURNAL ARTICLE verified: verified_manual elements_source: PubMed elements_id: 971663 doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.07.011 pii: S0166-6851(14)00089-9 language_elements: ENG lyricists_name: Osborne, Andrew lyricists_id: AROSB74 full_text_status: public publication: Mol Biochem Parasitol volume: 196 number: 1 pagerange: 29-40 citation: Tarr, SJ; Moon, RW; Hardege, I; Osborne, AR; (2014) A conserved domain targets exported PHISTb family proteins to the periphery of Plasmodium infected erythrocytes. Mol Biochem Parasitol , 196 (1) pp. 29-40. 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.07.011 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.07.011>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1443051/1/1-s2.0-S0166685114000899-main.pdf