Lipid-Free Antigen B Subunits from Echinococcus granulosus: Oligomerization, Ligand Binding, and Membrane Interaction Properties : Lipid-Free Antigen B Subunits from Echinococcus granulosus

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Lipid-Free Antigen B Subunits from Echinococcus granulosus: Oligomerization, Ligand Binding, and Membrane Interaction Properties : Lipid-Free Antigen B Subunits from Echinococcus granulosus

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HIDATIDOSIS
ANTIGENO B
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
BIBLIOGRAFIA NACIONAL QUIMICA
2015

Abstract

The hydatid disease parasite Echinococcus granulosus has a restricted lipid metabolism, and needs to harvest essential lipids from the host. Antigen B (EgAgB), an abundant lipoprotein of the larval stage (hydatid cyst), is thought to be important in lipid storage and transport. It contains a wide variety of lipid classes, from highly hydrophobic compounds to phospholipids. Its protein component belongs to the cestode-specific Hydrophobic Ligand Binding Protein family, which includes five 8-kDa isoforms encoded by a multigene family (EgAgB1-EgAgB5). How lipid and protein components are assembled into EgAgB particles remains unknown. EgAgB apolipoproteins self-associate into large oligomers, but the functional contribution of lipids to oligomerization is uncertain. Furthermore, binding of fatty acids to some EgAgB subunits has been reported, but their ability to bind other lipids and transfer them to acceptor membranes has not been studied.

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Silva Alvarez, Valeria
Franchini, Gisela R.
Pórfido, Jorge L.
Kennedy, Malcolm W.
Córsico, Betina

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases v. 9, no. 3, 2015. --e0003552, 23

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Public Library of Science, San Francisco

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003552
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March 14, 2016
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Bibliografía Nacional Química
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Silva Alvarez, Valeria, “Lipid-Free Antigen B Subunits from Echinococcus granulosus: Oligomerization, Ligand Binding, and Membrane Interaction Properties : Lipid-Free Antigen B Subunits from Echinococcus granulosus,” RIQUIM - Repositorio Institucional de la Facultad de Química - UdelaR, accessed March 29, 2024, https://riquim.fq.edu.uy/items/show/3758.
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