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The nucleocytosolic O-fucosyltransferase SPINDLY affects protein expression and virulence in Toxoplasma gondii.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Jan 2000
Bandini Giulia, Agop-Nersesian Carolina, van der Wel Hanke, Mandalasi Msano, Kim Hyun W, West Christopher M, Samuelson John
Abstract excerpt
Once considered unusual, nucleocytoplasmic glycosylation is now recognized as a conserved feature of eukaryotes. While in animals, O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) modifies thousands of intracellular proteins, the human pathogen Toxoplasma gondii transfers a different sugar, fucose, to proteins involved in transcription, mRNA processing, and signaling. Knockout experiments showed that TgSPY, an ortholog of plant...
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