A novel dense granule protein, GRA41, regulates timing of egress and calcium sensitivity in Toxoplasma gondii.
A novel dense granule protein, GRA41, regulates timing of egress and calcium sensitivity in Toxoplasma gondii.
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一种新型的致密颗粒蛋白GRA41,调节弓形虫弓形虫中出口的时间和钙敏感性。
DOI:
10.1111/cmi.12749
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发表时间:
2017-09
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Arrizabalaga G
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作者:
LaFavers KA;Márquez-Nogueras KM;Coppens I;Moreno SNJ;Arrizabalaga G
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasite with high seroprevalence in humans. Repeated lytic cycles of invasion, replication and egress drive both the propagation and the virulence of this parasite. Key steps in this cycle, including invasion and egress, depend on tightly regulated calcium fluxes and, while many of the calcium-dependent effectors have been identified, the factors that detect and regulate the calcium fluxes are mostly unknown. To address this knowledge gap, we used a forward genetic approach to isolate mutants resistant to extracellular exposure to the calcium ionophore A23187. Through whole genome sequencing and complementation we have determined that a nonsense mutation in a previously uncharacterized protein is responsible for the ionophore resistance of one of the mutants. The complete loss of this protein recapitulates the resistance phenotype and importantly shows defects in calcium regulation and in the timing of egress. The affected protein, GRA41, localizes to the dense granules and is secreted into the parasitophorous vacuole where it associates with the tubulovesicular network (TVN). Our findings support a connection between the TVN and ion homeostasis within the parasite, and thus a novel role for the vacuole of this important pathogen.
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.200309097
发表时间:
2004-06-07
期刊:
The Journal of cell biology
影响因子:
--
作者:
Arrizabalaga G;Ruiz F;Moreno S;Boothroyd JC
通讯作者:
Boothroyd JC
影响因子:
4
作者:
Arrizabalaga, G;Boothroyd, JC
通讯作者:
Boothroyd, JC
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Borges-Pereira, Lucas;Budu, Alexandre;Moreno, Silvia N. J.
通讯作者:
Moreno, Silvia N. J.
影响因子:
6.4
作者:
Dou Z;McGovern OL;Di Cristina M;Carruthers VB
通讯作者:
Carruthers VB
影响因子:
30.3
作者:
Foe IT;Child MA;Majmudar JD;Krishnamurthy S;van der Linden WA;Ward GE;Martin BR;Bogyo M
通讯作者:
Bogyo M