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  • Title: Paramecium GPI proteins: variability of expression and localization.
    Author: Capdeville Y.
    Journal: Protist; 2000 Aug; 151(2):161-9. PubMed ID: 10965955.
    Abstract:
    In Paramecium primaurelia, the two major classes of cell surface proteins, the surface antigen (SAg) and the surface GPI proteins (SGPs), are linked to the plasma membrane through a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor. In the present study, we have characterized the expression of the SGPs in several geographical strains of P. primaurelia and P. tetraurelia at different temperatures, 23 degrees C and 32 degrees C. The identification of the expressed SGPs was performed on purified cilia, by establishing the SGP SDS-PAGE profiles under four different conditions: with or without their anchoring lipid, cleaved with a Bacillus thuringiensis phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), and either in a reduced or in an unreduced state. This screening revealed the existence of specific sets of ciliary SGPs, as a function of temperature and the geographical origin of the strains. The SGPs the most abundant at 23 degrees C and 32 degrees C displayed a rapid turnover. We also looked for the presence of PI-PLC releasable proteins in purified cortices. In addition to the SAg and SGPs, the cortical fraction was shown to contain other PI-PLC releasable proteins, not found in the ciliary fraction, thus localized exclusively in the interciliary region.
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