Quantitative proteomic analysis of a Toxoplasma gondii mutant of the HCF101 protein
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ABSTRACT: Toxoplasma gondii is a parasitic protist that is the agent of toxoplasmosis. It is capable of infecting a wide variety of vertebrates, including humans. The infection is mainly asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients, but in case of immunosuppression or for the congenital form of toxoplasmosis it can lead to severe pathologies with a possible fatal outcome. Like for other eukaryotes, many key cellular functions in T. gondii involve proteins containing an iron-sulfur cluster as a cofactor. Cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur proteins depend on a specific pathway for assembling their iron-sulfur cofactor. We have investigated the T. gondii homolog of the HCF101 protein, initially characterized in plants as a chloroplast-based iron-sulfur transfer protein, by generating a specific mutant on which we performed a quantitative proteomic analysis to get insights into its function in the parasites. We discovered that T. gondii HCF101 is not involved in plastid-based iron-sulfur metabolism, but in the biogenesis of cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur proteins instead. Control TATi ΔKu80 dataset is similar to the one provided in PRIDE entry PXD048386
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Exploris 240
ORGANISM(S): Toxoplasma Gondii
DISEASE(S): Toxoplasmosis
SUBMITTER:
valerie Rofidal
LAB HEAD: Sébastien Besteiro
PROVIDER: PXD051549 | Pride | 2025-01-24
REPOSITORIES: pride
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