title: Toxoplasma's Taste for Exotic Fat.
abstract: A new study reveals that an exotic lipid, phosphatidylthreonine, makes up a substantial proportion of the membrane of a widespread human parasite and is essential for its virulence. Read the Research Article.
authors.affiliation: Public Library of Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Roland G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D020404:Glycerophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013912:Threonine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000378:metabolism*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D020404:Glycerophospholipids; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C017629:phosphatidylthreonine; D013912:Threonine; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)