Phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase associates with a mitochondrial inner membrane complex and is essential for growth of Trypanosoma brucei

M Serricchio, P Bütikofer - Molecular microbiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… results in a less severe growth defect than depletion of … critical mitochondrial processes.
In contrast to bacteria and yeast, CL synthesis is essential for growth of Trypanosoma brucei in …

Trypanosoma brucei: a model micro‐organism to study eukaryotic phospholipid biosynthesis

M Serricchio, P Bütikofer - The FEBS journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… involving CDP-activated intermediates is essential in T. … are localized to mitochondria-associated
membranes, ie special … to phosphatidylglycerophosphate (PGP) by PGP synthase, the …

Mitochondrial sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase is essential for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis and survival of Trypanosoma brucei

L Dawoody Nejad, M Stumpe, M Rauch, A Hemphill… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
… To determine if TbSpl expression is essential for survival of T. brucei, growth of TbSpl KO …
, a sub-compartment of ER and mitochondria commonly known as mitochondria associated

Trypanosoma brucei Bloodstream Forms Depend upon Uptake of myo-Inositol for Golgi Complex Phosphatidylinositol Synthesis and Normal Cell Growth

A González-Salgado, M Steinmann, LL Major… - Eukaryotic …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
… We demonstrate that expression of TbHMIT is essential for normal growth of T. … A similar
time-dependent linear increase in cell-associated radioactivity was also observed for RNAi …

Lipid metabolism in Trypanosoma brucei

TK Smith, P Bütikofer - Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 2010 - Elsevier
… are localized in mitochondria-associated membranes, differ in … that sphingolipid synthesis
is essential for growth of T. … -3-phosphate to form phosphatidylglycerophosphate (PGP), which …

StaR-related lipid transfer-like domain-containing protein CLDP43 affects cardiolipin synthesis and mitochondrial function in Trypanosoma brucei

A Loffreda, M Schlame, P Bütikofer - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… , the synthesis of cardiolipin is essential for growth of … CL associates with several respiratory
chain complexes and … is used by phosphatidylglycerophosphate (PGP) synthase to produce …

Cardiolipin depletion‐induced changes in the Trypanosoma brucei proteome

…, A Loffreda, A Hemphill, T Beneke… - The FASEB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… cells, CL synthesis is essential in Trypanosoma brucei. By … in CL synthesis:
phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase (35)… this tight association with membrane proteins, …

[PDF][PDF] Mitochondrial sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase is essential for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis and survival of Trypanosoma brucei

R Schneiter, P Bütikofer, M Serricchio - folia.unifr.ch
… should rescue the defect in PE synthesis and restore growth of T. …
Phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase associates with a mitochondrial inner membrane complex

An investigation into the Trypanosoma brucei CDP-DAG synthase and downstream pathways

AC Lilley - 2013 - research-repository.st-andrews.ac …
brucei, and was shown to be essential in both life cycle stages. … 1.1 Distribution of Human
African Trypanosomiasis species … 26 1.3 Cartoon of Trypanosoma brucei showing major …

Depletion of cardiolipin induces major changes in energy metabolism in Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms

M Serricchio, C Hierro-Yap, D Schädeli, HB Hamidane… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
… glycerophospholipid that associates with mitochondrial … acid, CDP-diacylglycerol,
phosphatidylglycerophosphate and … 0.05) in several key metabolites associated with energy …