Visualisation of experimentally determined and predicted protein N-glycosylation and predicted glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor addition in Trypanosoma brucei.

Michele Tinti, Michael A. J. Ferguson (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Background: Trypanosoma brucei is a protozoan parasite and the etiological agent of human and animal African trypanosomiasis. The organism cycles between its mammalian host and tsetse vector. The host-dwelling bloodstream form of the parasite is covered with a monolayer of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) that enables it to escape both the innate and adaptive immune systems. Within this coat reside lower-abundance surface glycoproteins that function as receptors and/or nutrient transporters. The glycosylation of the Trypanosoma brucei surface proteome is essential to evade the immune response and is mediated by three oligosaccharyltransferase genes; two of which, TbSTT3A and TbSTT3B, are expressed in the bloodstream form of the parasite.

Methods: We processed a recent dataset of our laboratory to visualise putative glycosylation sites of the Trypanosoma brucei proteome. We provided a visualisation for the predictions of glycosylation carried by TbSTT3A and TbSTT3B, and we augmented the visualisation with predictions for Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchoring sites, domains and topology of the Trypanosoma brucei proteome.

Conclusions: We created a web service to explore the glycosylation sites of the Trypanosoma brucei oligosaccharyltransferases substrates, using data described in a recent publication of our laboratory. We also made a machine learning algorithm available as a web service, described in our recent publication, to distinguish between TbSTT3A and TbSTT3B substrates.

Original languageEnglish
Article number33
Number of pages13
JournalWellcome Open Research
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Glycobiology
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol
  • N-glycosylation
  • Oligosaccharyltransferase
  • OST
  • Prediction
  • Proteomics
  • Trypanosoma brucei

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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