Metabolic plasticity, essentiality and therapeutic potential of ribose-5-phosphate synthesis in Toxoplasma gondii

Abstract Ribose-5-phosphate (R5P) is a precursor for nucleic acid biogenesis; however, the importance and homeostasis of R5P in the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii remain enigmatic. Here, we show that the cytoplasmic sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) is dispensable. Still, its co-de...

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Main Authors: Xuefang Guo, Nuo Ji, Qinghong Guo, Mengting Wang, Huiyu Du, Jiajia Pan, Lihua Xiao, Nishith Gupta, Yaoyu Feng, Ningbo Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47097-8