Apicoplast and Endoplasmic Reticulum Cooperate in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Apicomplexan ParasiteToxoplasma gondii

Isotopomer Profiling ofLeishmania mexicanaPromastigotes Reveals Important Roles for Succinate Fermentation and Aspartate Uptake in Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle (TCA) Anaplerosis, Glutamate Synthesis, and Growth

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Apicoplast isoprenoid precursor synthesis and the molecular basis of fosmidomycin resistance inToxoplasma gondii

(2011) Sethu C. Nair et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Chemical Rescue of Malaria Parasites Lacking an Apicoplast Defines Organelle Function in Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum

(2011) Ellen Yeh et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The reductase domain in a Type I fatty acid synthase from the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum: Restricted substrate preference towards very long chain fatty acyl thioesters

(2010) Guan Zhu et al.   BMC BIOCHEMISTRY

The Toxoplasma Apicoplast Phosphate Translocator Links Cytosolic and Apicoplast Metabolism and Is Essential for Parasite Survival

(2010) Carrie F. Brooks et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Arabidopsis  -Ketoacyl-[Acyl Carrier Protein] Synthase I Is Crucial for Fatty Acid Synthesis and Plays a Role in Chloroplast Division and Embryo Development

(2010) G.-Z. Wu et al.   PLANT CELL

The carbon and energy sources of the non-photosynthetic plastid in the malaria parasite

(2009) Liting Lim et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Genetic Evidence that an Endosymbiont-derived Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Protein Degradation (ERAD) System Functions in Import of Apicoplast Proteins

(2009) Swati Agrawal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization of two cotton cDNAs encoding trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase reveals a putative novel NADPH-binding motif

(2009) Wen-Qiang Song et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Catalysis and mechanism of malonyl transferase activity in type II fatty acid biosynthesis acyl carrier proteins

(2009) Ashish Misra et al.   Molecular BioSystems

Oleic Acid Biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum: Characterization of the Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase and Investigation as a Potential Therapeutic Target

(2009) Paul Gratraud et al.   PLoS One

Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis – An adopted set of enzymes making a pathway of major importance for the cellular metabolism

(2009) J. Kalervo Hiltunen et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

The Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Enzyme FabI Plays a Key Role in the Development of Liver-Stage Malarial Parasites

(2008) Min Yu et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Type II fatty acid synthesis is essential only for malaria parasite late liver stage development

(2008) Ashley M. Vaughan et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Chlamydia effector proteins and new insights into chlamydial cellular microbiology

(2008) Raphael H Valdivia   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Crystal Structure of Soluble Domain of Malaria Sporozoite Protein UIS3 in Complex with Lipid

(2008) Ashwani Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Role of an Ancestral D-Bifunctional Protein Containing Two Sterol-Carrier Protein-2 Domains in Lipid Uptake and Trafficking in Toxoplasma

(2008) Bao Lige et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The very-long-chain hydroxy fatty acyl-CoA dehydratase PASTICCINO2 is essential and limiting for plant development

(2008) L. Bach et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA