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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Trypanosoma Brucei
DISEASE(S): Trypanosomiasis
SUBMITTER: Keith Matthews
LAB HEAD: Professor Keith R. Matthews
PROVIDER: PXD032101 | Pride | 2022-08-12
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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Nature communications 20220609 1
Trypanosomes causing African sleeping sickness use quorum-sensing (QS) to generate transmission-competent stumpy forms in mammalian hosts. This density-dependent process is signalled by oligopeptides that stimulate the signal transduction pathway leading to stumpy formation. Here, using mass spectrometry analysis, we identify peptidases released by trypanosomes and, for 12 peptidases, confirm their extracellular delivery. Thereafter, we determine the contribution of each peptidase to QS signal p ...[more]