Coordinated Action of Multiple Transporters in the Acquisition of Essential Cationic Amino Acids by the Intracellular Parasite Toxoplasma gondii
S. J. Fairweather, E. Rajendran, M. Blume, K. Javed, B. Steinhoefel, M. J. McConville, K. Kirk, S. Broer, G. G. van Dooren
This study identifies TgApiAT6-1 as a second arginine transporter in Toxoplasma gondii, showing it mediates both lysine and arginine uptake and is essential for parasite proliferation.
bioRxiv · Jun 25, 2021Microbiology