The GPI sidechain of Toxoplasma gondii prevents parasite pathogenesis
Julia A. Alvarez, Elisabet Gas‐Pascual, Sukhdev Singh Malhi, Juan Camilo Sánchez‐Arcila, Ferdinand Ngale Njume, Hanke van der Wel, Yanlin Zhao, Laura García-López, Gabriella Ceron, Jasmine Posada, Scott P. Souza, George S. Yap, Christopher M. West, Kirk D.C. Jensen
This paper identifies and characterizes glycosyltransferases in Toxoplasma gondii that modify GPI sidechains, showing that their absence increases parasite virulence.
mBio · Sep 27, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology