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ArticleNature communications2022

Proteomic characterization of the Toxoplasma gondii cytokinesis machinery portrays an expanded hierarchy of its assembly and function.

Klemens Engelberg, Tyler Bechtel, Cynthia Michaud, Eranthie Weerapana, Marc-Jan Gubbels

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Klemens EngelbergDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. engelbek@bc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1948-5496
Tyler BechtelDepartment of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Cynthia MichaudDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Eranthie WeerapanaDepartment of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0835-8301
Marc-Jan GubbelsDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. gubbelsj@bc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2769-8600
Boston College · US

Funding

Developing chemical-proteomic tools to investigate cysteine oxidationR35GM134964 · NIGMS · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI WEERAPANA, ERANTHIE · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
The Toxoplasma basal complex in cell divisionR01AI152387 · NIAID · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI GUBBELS, MARC-JAN · 2020 to 2025
$2.1M
Dissecting the mechanism and regulation of Toxoplasma cytokinesisR56AI110690 · NIAID · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI GUBBELS, MARC-JAN · 2015 to 2015
$484k
Mapping the protein landscape of the Toxoplasma basal complexR21AI128136 · NIAID · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI GUBBELS, MARC-JAN · 2017 to 2018
$430k
The Toxoplasma gondii apical annuliR21AI144856 · NIAID · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI GUBBELS, MARC-JAN · 2019 to 2020
$430k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI152387NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128136NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144856NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI110690NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM134964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The basal complex (BC) is essential for T. gondii cell division but mechanistic details are lacking. Here we report a reciprocal proximity based biotinylation approach to map the BC's proteome. We interrogate the resulting map for spatiotemporal dynamics and function by disrupting the expression of components. This highlights four architecturally distinct BC subcomplexes, the compositions of which change dynamically in correlation with changes in BC function. We identify BCC0 as a protein undergirding BC formation in five foci that precede the same symmetry seen in the apical annuli and IMC sutures. Notably, daughter budding from BCC0 progresses bidirectionally: the apical cap in apical and the rest of the IMC in basal direction. Furthermore, the essential role of the BC in cell division is contained in BCC4 and MORN1 that form a 'rubber band' to sequester the basal end of the assembling daughter cytoskeleton. Finally, we assign BCC1 to the non-essential, final BC constriction step.

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ToxoplasmaCytokinesisCytoskeletonProteomicsProtozoan ProteinsProtozoan Proteins

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PMID35941170
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