ROP2 from Toxoplasma gondii: A Virulence Factor with a Protein-Kinase Fold and No Enzymatic Activity

Gilles Labesse; Muriel Gelin; Yannick Bessin; Maryse Lebrun; Julien Papoin; Rachel Cerdan; Stefan T. Arold; Jean François Dubremetz

doi:10.1016/j.str.2008.11.005

ROP2 from Toxoplasma gondii: A Virulence Factor with a Protein-Kinase Fold and No Enzymatic Activity

Gilles Labesse^*, Muriel Gelin, Yannick Bessin, Maryse Lebrun, Julien Papoin, Rachel Cerdan, Stefan T. Arold, Jean François Dubremetz

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The ROP2 protein and its paralogs are important virulence factors secreted into the host cell by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Here we describe the crystal structure of a large and soluble domain of mature ROP2, representative of the ROP2-like protein family. This is a structure of a protein-kinase fold that is devoid of catalytic residues and does not bind ATP. Various structural extensions constitute a signature of this protein family and act to maintain the protein kinase in an open conformation. Our ROP2 structure rules out a previous structural model of attachment of ROP2-like proteins to the parasitophorous vacuole membrane. We propose an alternative mode of membrane attachment implicating basic and amphiphatic helices present in the flexible N terminus of ROP2.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	139-146
Number of pages	8
Journal	Structure
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2008.11.005
State	Published - Jan 14 2009
Externally published	Yes

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