A new trick for a conserved enzyme: mevalonate kinase, a glycosomal enzyme, can be secreted by Trypanosoma cruzi and modulate cell invasion and signaling. Is it another moonlighting enzyme?
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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“Moonlighting” means doing a second job, often at night, to earn more money. So-called moonlighting proteins are proteins that play other, generally unusual and unexpected, roles in addition to their canonical roles. They have been described in a wide range of organisms from bacteria to mammals, and their additional functions vary greatly (reviewed in Collingridge et al., 2010; Huberts and van der Klei, 2010; Henderson and Martin, 2011).
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Proteínas, Trypanosoma cruzi, Enzimas
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Moonlighting protein, Mevalonate kinase, Trypanosoma cruzi, Invasion, Signaling