Procyclic trypanosomes recycle glucose catabolites and TCA cycle intermediates to stimulate growth in the presence of physiological amounts of proline.

Procyclic trypanosomes recycle glucose catabolites and TCA cycle intermediates to stimulate growth in the presence of physiological amounts of proline.

Trypanosoma brucei, a protist responsible for human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), is transmitted by the tsetse fly where the procyclic forms of the parasite develop in the proline-rich (1-2 mM) and glucose-depleted digestive tract. Proline is essential for the midgut colonization of t...

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Main Authors: Oriana Villafraz, Marc Biran, Erika Pineda, Nicolas Plazolles, Edern Cahoreau, Rodolpho Ornitz Oliveira Souza, Magali Thonnus, Stefan Allmann, Emmanuel Tetaud, Loïc Rivière, Ariel M Silber, Michael P Barrett, Alena Zíková, Michael Boshart, Jean-Charles Portais, Frédéric Bringaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009204

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009204

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