ReviewThe Korean journal of parasitology2009
Trypanosome glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis.
Review in The Korean journal of parasitology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Identification of a protective antigen reveals the trade-off between iron acquisition and antigen exposure in a global fungal pathogen.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Metatranscriptomes-based sequence similarity networks uncover genetic signatures within parasitic freshwater microbial eukaryotes.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Molecular basis of the inositol deacylase PGAP1 involved in quality control of GPI-AP biogenesis.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Structure and Function of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Transamidase, a Transmembrane Complex Catalyzing GPI Anchoring of Proteins.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2024Review
- Persistence of Trypanosoma brucei as early procyclic forms and social motility are dependent on glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase.Molecular microbiology · 2022Article
- Identification of TbPBN1 in Trypanosoma brucei reveals a conserved heterodimeric architecture for glycosylphosphatidylinositol-mannosyltransferase-I.Molecular microbiology · 2022Article
- Fatty acid uptake inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Review
- The Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor: A Linchpin for Cell Surface Versatility of Trypanosomatids.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Comparative genomics of Leishmania (Mundinia).BMC genomics · 2019Article
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- Targeting the GPI biosynthetic pathway.Pathogens and global health · 2018Review
- Discovery and Genetic Validation of Chemotherapeutic Targets for Chagas' Disease.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2018Review
- RFT1 Protein Affects Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Anchor Glycosylation.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2017Article
- The Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase TbGAT is Dispensable for Viability and the Synthesis of Glycerolipids in Trypanosoma brucei.The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology · 2016Article
- Knockdown of APC/C-associated genes and its effect on viability and cell cycle of protozoan parasite of Trypanosoma brucei.Parasitology research · 2014Article
- New insights in staging and chemotherapy of African trypanosomiasis and possible contribution of medicinal plants.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2012Article
- Lipid metabolism in Trypanosoma brucei.Molecular and biochemical parasitology · 2010Review
- Immunobiology of African trypanosomes: need of alternative interventions.Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology · 2010Article
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Abstract
Trypanosoma brucei, a protozoan parasite, causes sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana disease in domestic animals in central Africa. The trypanosome surface is extensively covered by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins known as variant surface glycoproteins and procyclins. GPI anchoring is suggested to be important for trypanosome survival and establishment of infection. Trypanosomes are not only pathogenically important, but also constitute a useful model for elucidating the GPI biosynthesis pathway. This review focuses on the trypanosome GPI biosynthesis pathway. Studies on GPI that will be described indicate the potential for the design of drugs that specifically inhibit trypanosome GPI biosynthesis.
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