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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 112, Issue 18 3091-3101, Copyright © 1999 by Company of Biologists
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KL Hill, NR Hutchings, DG Russell and JE Donelson
Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, IA 52242, USA. john-donelson@uiowa.edu
The flagellar pocket of African trypanosomes is a critical sorting station for protein and membrane trafficking, and is considered to be an Achilles' heel of this deadly pathogen. Although several proteins, including receptors for host-derived growth factors, are targeted specifically to the flagellar pocket, the signals responsible for this restricted subcellular localization are entirely unknown. Using T lymphocyte triggering factor-green fluorescent protein (TLTF(1)-GFP) fusion proteins, we demonstrate that an internal 144 amino acid domain of TLTF from Trypanosoma brucei is sufficient for directing GFP to the cytoplasmic side of the anterior flagellar pocket. Immuno-gold electron microscopy reveals that the TLTF-GFP fusion protein is located in an electron dense structure that immediately abuts the anterior flagellar pocket membrane. The amino acid sequence of the TLTF targeting domain does not resemble previously characterized protein trafficking signals, and random mutagenesis reveals that flagellar pocket targeting is conferred by a structural motif, rather than a short, contiguous array of amino acids. The aberrant sorting of two mutant proteins into the flagellum, and the targeting of a related human protein to the plus end of the trypanosome's cytoskeletal microtubules, lead us to suggest that flagellar pocket targeting involves interactions with the trypanosome cytoskeleton. The finding that TLTF-GFP is restricted to the anterior, cytoplasmic face of the flagellar pocket membrane, suggests that there is structural heterogeneity in the membrane of this organelle.
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