The apicoplast and mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii

JE Feagin, M Parsons - Toxoplasma Gondii, 2007 - Elsevier
… from parasites that were stably transfected with an apicoplast-… involved in apicoplast fatty
acid biosynthesis. Lipoylation is … , and recent data show that the mitochondrion can survive loss …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic interactions between Toxoplasma gondii and its host

M Blume, F Seeber - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… families and channels for parasite survival. Consequently, … which is essential for de novo fatty
acid synthesis in the apicoplast (… mentioned as an essential co-factor in previous lists, but T. …

The apicoplast and mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii

F Seeber, JE Feagin, M Parsons - Toxoplasma gondii, 2014 - Elsevier
gondii can survive temporarily without an apicoplast, such … some enzymes involved in fatty
acid biosynthesis. Initially, two … be localized to the apicoplast of malaria parasites. Use of a …

Exploitation of auxotrophies and metabolic defects in Toxoplasma as therapeutic approaches

I Coppens - International journal for parasitology, 2014 - Elsevier
… pathogen, the parasite Toxoplasma gondii has lost its … in the apicoplast and producing lipoic,
myristic and palmitic acids; … of adaptation for the parasite to survive inside mammalian cells …

[HTML][HTML] Disrupting the plastidic iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis pathway in Toxoplasma gondii has pleiotropic effects irreversibly impacting parasite viability

EA Renaud, S Pamukcu, A Cerutti, L Berry… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Toxoplasma … in apicoplast-generated fatty acids. However, we show that increased
scavenging from the host or supplementation with exogenous fatty acids do not fully restore parasite

The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii depends on the synthesis of long‐chain and very long‐chain unsaturated fatty acids not supplied by the host cell

…, JI MacRae, JE Ralton, T Rupasinghe… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… as well as de novo synthesis of fatty acids. In Toxoplasma gondii, fatty acid synthesis via
the apicoplast-localized FASII is essential for pathogenesis, while the role of two other fatty

[HTML][HTML] Two phylogenetically and compartmentally distinct CDP-diacylglycerol synthases cooperate for lipid biogenesis in Toxoplasma gondii

P Kong, CM Ufermann, DLM Zimmermann… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
… with the synthesis of glycerol 3-phosphate and fatty acids from … biogenesis and parasite
survival in Toxoplasma gondii. … of CDP-DAG synthesis located in the ER and apicoplast of T. …

[HTML][HTML] Toxoplasma LIPIN is essential in channeling host lipid fluxes through membrane biogenesis and lipid storage

S Dass, S Shunmugam, L Berry, CS Arnold… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… the parasite apicoplast. The molecular and metabolic mechanisms allowing regulation and
channeling of these fatty acid fluxes for intracellular parasite survival … that Toxoplasma gondii

[PDF][PDF] Division and adaptation to host environment of apicomplexan parasites depend on apicoplast lipid metabolic plasticity and host organelle remodeling

S Amiar, NJ Katris, L Berry, S Dass, S Duley, CS Arnold… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
… de novo fatty acid synthesis capacities in the apicoplast and (2) … The apicoplast is essential
for parasite survival in both T. … membrane biogenesis during cytokinesis and, most important, …

[PDF][PDF] The Toxoplasma apicoplast phosphate translocator links cytosolic and apicoplast metabolism and is essential for parasite survival

CF Brooks, H Johnsen, GG van Dooren, M Muthalagi… - Cell host & …, 2010 - cell.com
… that the Toxoplasma apicoplast membranelocalized phosphate translocator (TgAPT) is an
essential … precursor molecule for apicoplast fatty acid synthesis (FASII), PEP (Mazumdar and …