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ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2024

Adaptations and metabolic evolution of myzozoan protists across diverse lifestyles and environments.

Ross F Waller, Vern B Carruthers

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Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Gene regulation inCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ross F WallerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6961-9344
Vern B CarruthersDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6859-8895

Funding

Parasite autophagy as a key survival mechanism for the AIDS-associated pathogen Toxoplasma gondiiR01AI120607 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CARRUTHERS, VERNON BRUCE · 2016 to 2025
$4.0M
Defining a novel protein network for Toxoplasma repurposing of host ESCRT machineryR21AI180278 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CARRUTHERS, VERNON BRUCE · 2024 to 2025
$422k
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) GBMF9194HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01AI120607HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21AI180278NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI120607NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI180278Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (WT) 214298/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SUMMARYMyzozoans encompass apicomplexans and dinoflagellates that manifest diverse lifestyles in highly varied environments. They show enormous propensity to employ different metabolic programs and exploit different nutrient resources and niches, and yet, they share much core biology that underlies this evolutionary success and impact. This review discusses apicomplexan parasites of medical significance and the traits and properties they share with non-pathogenic myzozoans. These include the versatility of myzozoan plastids, which scale from fully photosynthetic organelles to the site of very select key metabolic pathways. Pivotal evolutionary innovations, such as the apical complex, have allowed myzozoans to shift from predatory to parasitic and other symbiotic lifestyles multiple times in both apicomplexan and dinoflagellate branches of the myzozoan evolutionary tree. Such traits, along with shared mechanisms for nutrient acquisition, appear to underpin the prosperity of myzozoans in their varied habitats. Understanding the mechanisms of these shared traits has the potential to spawn new strategic interventions against medically and veterinary relevant parasites within this grouping.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalApicomplexaDinoflagellidaAnimalsBiological EvolutionMetabolic Networks and PathwaysPhylogenyPlastidsSymbiosisapical complexapicomplexadinoflagellatesevolutionmicroporeMyzozoaparasiteplastidpredatorsymbiont

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PMID39387588
PMCPMC11653781

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