A new diagnostic tool for neurocysticercosis is a member of a cestode specific hydrophobic ligand binding protein family

Nahid Saghir; Phillip J. Conde; Peter Brophy; John Barrett

doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)02191-8

A new diagnostic tool for neurocysticercosis is a member of a cestode specific hydrophobic ligand binding protein family

Nahid Saghir, Phillip J. Conde, Peter Brophy, John Barrett

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Abstract

A protein of unknown function has been identified as a key serological tool for diagnosis of human tapeworm neurocysticercosis, a major worldwide neurological disease. Our own sequence analysis predicts that this protein is a member of a newly identified cestode specific oligomeric hydrophobic ligand binding protein family. In this report, using a rat cestode model, we confirm that homologues of this protein can bind fatty acids and their derivatives, and thus suggest a biological function for this key diagnostic tool

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-184
Number of pages	4
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	487
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(00)02191-8
Publication status	Published - 29 Dec 2000

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hydrophobic ligand binding protein
Cestoda
Diagnosis
Hymenolepis diminuta

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