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  • Farine, L.; Jelk, J.; Choi, J.Y.; Voelker, D.R.; Nunes, J.; Smith, T.K.; Buetikofer, P.
    Phosphatidylserine synthase 2 and phosphatidylserine decarboxylase are essential for aminophospholipid synthesis in Trypanosoma brucei (2017), Mol. Microbiol., 104, 412-427 .
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Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
endoplasmic reticulum
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Trypanosoma brucei 5783
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membrane presence of 8-9 membrane spanning regions Trypanosoma brucei 16020
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Trypanosoma brucei Q57WJ1
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Trypanosoma brucei 927/4 Q57WJ1
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
PSS2
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Trypanosoma brucei
Tb927.7.3760
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Trypanosoma brucei

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
physiological function expression of PSS2 is necessary for normal growth of procyclic trypanosomes and PSS2 represents the unique route for phosphatidylserine formation in Trypanosoma brucei. Downregulation of TbPSS2 by RNAi for 3 days inhibits incorporation of serine into newly synthesized phosphatidylserine by 94.8 Trypanosoma brucei