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ArticleNature communications2024

A Toxoplasma gondii O-glycosyltransferase that modulates bradyzoite cyst wall rigidity is distinct from host homologues.

Pranav Kumar, Tadakimi Tomita, Thomas A Gerken, Collin J Ballard, Yong Sok Lee, Louis M Weiss, Nadine L Samara

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pranav KumarStructural Biochemistry Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Tadakimi TomitaDepartment of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, New York, 10461, USA.
Thomas A GerkenDepartments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7919-7613
Collin J BallardDepartments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Yong Sok LeeBioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Louis M WeissDepartment of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, New York, 10461, USA.
Nadine L SamaraStructural Biochemistry Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. nadine.samara@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7152-2939

Funding

ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
Structural and functional studies of polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (GalNAc-Ts)ZIADE000754 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI SAMARA, NADINE · 2020 to 2025
$4.0M
Composition and formation of the cyst wallR01AI134753 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI WEISS, LOUIS M. · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Initiation and Regulation of Mucin-Type O-GlycosylationR01GM113534 · NIGMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI GERKEN, THOMAS A · 2018 to 2023
$1.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DE000754NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134753NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113534NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection with the apicomplexan protozoan Toxoplasma gondii can be life-threatening in immunocompromised hosts. Transmission frequently occurs through the oral ingestion of T. gondii bradyzoite cysts, which transition to tachyzoites, disseminate, and then form cysts containing bradyzoites in the central nervous system, resulting in latent infection. Encapsulation of bradyzoites by a cyst wall is critical for immune evasion, survival, and transmission. O-glycosylation of the protein CST1 by the mucin-type O-glycosyltransferase T. gondii (Txg) GalNAc-T3 influences cyst wall rigidity and stability. Here, we report X-ray crystal structures of TxgGalNAc-T3, revealing multiple features that are strictly conserved among its apicomplexan homologues. This includes a unique 2

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Protozoan ProteinsToxoplasmaAnimalsCell WallCrystallography, X-RayGlycosylationGlycosyltransferasesHumansGlycosyltransferasesProtozoan Proteins

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PMID38710711
PMCPMC11074326

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