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Literature summary for 3.4.22.B5 extracted from

  • Pereira, B.A.; Silva, F.S.; Rebello, K.M.; Marin-Villa, M.; Traub-Cseko, Y.M.; Andrade, T.C.; Bertho, A.L.; Caffarena, E.R.; Alves, C.R.
    In silico predicted epitopes from the COOH-terminal extension of cysteine proteinase B inducing distinct immune responses during Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis experimental murine infection (2011), BMC Immunol., 12, 44.
    View publication on PubMedView publication on EuropePMC

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Leishmania amazonensis
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Leishmania amazonensis MHOM/BR/77 / LTB0016
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
CPB
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Leishmania amazonensis
cysteine-proteinase B
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Leishmania amazonensis

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
physiological function CPB is an important virulence factor, it inhibits lymphocytes Th1 and/or promotes Th2 responses either through proteolytic activity or through epitopes derived from its COOH-terminal extension. Some peptides from the CPB COOH-terminal extension influence host immune responses in the murine infection, thus helping Leishmania survival Leishmania amazonensis