GIFT domains: linking eukaryotic intraflagellar transport and glycosylation to bacterial gliding

Scott Beatson, Chris P Ponting

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Abstract

We describe GIFT [for GldG, intraflagellar transport (IFT)] domains in the flavobacterial gliding protein GldG and eukaryotic IFT-52. In eukaryotes, domain homologues are also found in the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase complex and in subtilisin kexin isozyme-1 (SKI-1 or S1P). A distant evolutionary relationship to periplasmic-binding proteins hints that GIFT domains might possess oligosaccharide-binding functions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)396-9
Number of pages4
JournalTrends in biochemical sciences
Volume29
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2004

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Algal Proteins
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Biological Evolution
  • Eukaryotic Cells
  • Flagella
  • Flavobacterium
  • Glycosylation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Proprotein Convertases
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Protein Transport
  • Protozoan Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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