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ArticleNature microbiology2023

Genome-wide subcellular protein map for the flagellate parasite Trypanosoma brucei.

Karen Billington, Clare Halliday, Ross Madden, Philip Dyer, Amy Rachel Barker, Flávia Fernandes Moreira-Leite, Mark Carrington, Sue Vaughan, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Samuel Dean and 3 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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88 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Karen BillingtonSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Clare HallidaySir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ross MaddenSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Philip DyerSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Amy Rachel BarkerSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Flávia Fernandes Moreira-LeiteDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Mark CarringtonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Sue VaughanDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Christiane Hertz-FowlerInstitute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Samuel DeanDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. samuel.dean@warwick.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-4792-2198
Jack Daniel SunterDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. jsunter@brookes.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2836-9622
Richard John WheelerPeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. richard.wheeler@ndm.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-4270-8360
Keith GullSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 211075/Z/18/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 103261/Z/13/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 104627/Z/14/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 108445/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 217138/Z/19/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 218288/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trypanosoma brucei is a model trypanosomatid, an important group of human, animal and plant unicellular parasites. Understanding their complex cell architecture and life cycle is challenging because, as with most eukaryotic microbes, ~50% of genome-encoded proteins have completely unknown functions. Here, using fluorescence microscopy and cell lines expressing endogenously tagged proteins, we mapped the subcellular localization of 89% of the T. brucei proteome, a resource we call TrypTag. We provide clues to function and define lineage-specific organelle adaptations for parasitism, mapping the ultraconserved cellular architecture of eukaryotes, including the first comprehensive 'cartographic' analysis of the eukaryotic flagellum, which is vital for morphogenesis and pathology. To demonstrate the power of this resource, we identify novel organelle subdomains and changes in molecular composition through the cell cycle. TrypTag is a transformative resource, important for hypothesis generation for both eukaryotic evolutionary molecular cell biology and fundamental parasite cell biology.

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ParasitesTrypanosoma brucei bruceiAnimalsGenomeHumansProteomeProtozoan ProteinsProteomeProtozoan Proteins

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PMID36804636
PMCPMC9981465

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