Acquisition of exogenous fatty acids renders apicoplast-based biosynthesis dispensable in tachyzoites of Toxoplasma
X Liang, J Cui, X Yang, N Xia, Y Li, J Zhao… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
… Toxoplasma gondii is a common protozoan parasite that infects a … for the parasite's survival.
Here we examined the … Among the aforementioned pathways of fatty acid biogenesis, FAS2 …
Here we examined the … Among the aforementioned pathways of fatty acid biogenesis, FAS2 …
Apicoplast fatty acid synthesis is essential for pellicle formation at the end of cytokinesis in Toxoplasma gondii
ÉS Martins-Duarte, M Carias… - Journal of cell …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
… Although the FASII fatty acid biosynthesis pathway located in the apicoplast is essential for
parasite survival, the cellular … loss and defects in its morphology and biogenesis along the T. …
parasite survival, the cellular … loss and defects in its morphology and biogenesis along the T. …
The flexibility of Apicomplexa parasites in lipid metabolism
… and Toxoplasma gondii both belong to this phylum and are … /organelle biogenesis, and
parasite survival and propagation. … is a major apicoplast product essential for the parasite survival …
parasite survival and propagation. … is a major apicoplast product essential for the parasite survival …
… biogenesis in Apicomplexa parasites: How trafficking and recycling lipid sources for dynamic membrane remodeling sustain parasite survival within its human host
CS Arnold - 2023 - theses.hal.science
… fatty acid synthesis pathway (FASII). These fatty acids are either exported out of the apicoplast
… cyst-forming apicomplexan parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum. …
… cyst-forming apicomplexan parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum. …
Understanding how the host nutrient environment influences the lipid metabolism and survival of Apicomplexa parasites
S Shunmugam - 2022 - theses.hal.science
… essential combination of fatty acids (FAs), obtained from de novo synthesis and host … in
the cytosol of the parasites enter the apicoplast via the apicoplast phosphate transporter (APT). …
the cytosol of the parasites enter the apicoplast via the apicoplast phosphate transporter (APT). …
[HTML][HTML] The metabolic pathways and transporters of the plastid organelle in Apicomplexa
J Kloehn, CEM Lacour, D Soldati-Favre - Current opinion in microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
… synthesis pathway within the apicoplast, the type II fatty acid (… the survival and replication of
parasites without an apicoplast in the … , Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii. Two …
parasites without an apicoplast in the … , Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii. Two …
Toxoplasma gondii acetyl-CoA synthetase is involved in fatty acid elongation (of long fatty acid chains) during tachyzoite life stages
… pathways by which these parasites can obtain the nutrients essential for their survival is an
… during its intracellular development for membrane biogenesis, proper lipid homeostasis, and …
… during its intracellular development for membrane biogenesis, proper lipid homeostasis, and …
Apicoplast-Localized Lysophosphatidic Acid Precursor Assembly Is Required for Bulk Phospholipid Synthesis in Toxoplasma gondii and Relies on an Algal/Plant …
S Amiar, JI MacRae, DL Callahan, D Dubois… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
… membrane biogenesis. However, it is not known to what extent fatty acids generated by the
apicoplast … Since the apicoplast is essential for parasite survival, some of these pathways are …
apicoplast … Since the apicoplast is essential for parasite survival, some of these pathways are …
Characterization of novel proteins regulating and remodeling lipid fluxes during the intracellular development of Apicomplexan parasites
S Dass - 2020 - theses.hal.science
… fatty acids killing the parasite. On the other hand, the downregulation of TgLIPIN induced a
significant reduction of the apicoplast … of 7 enzymes in Toxoplasma gondii as putative acyl-…
significant reduction of the apicoplast … of 7 enzymes in Toxoplasma gondii as putative acyl-…
Two apicoplast dwelling glycolytic enzymes provide key substrates for metabolic pathways in the apicoplast and are critical for Toxoplasma growth
Z Niu, S Ye, J Liu, M Lyu, L Xue, M Li, C Lyu… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… apicoplast of Toxoplasma gondii. Many glycolytic enzymes in … precursor and fatty acid
synthesis in the apicoplast. As such, … is essential for apicoplast maintenance and parasite survival. …
synthesis in the apicoplast. As such, … is essential for apicoplast maintenance and parasite survival. …