TgDrpC, an atypical dynamin‐related protein in Toxoplasma gondii, is associated with vesicular transport factors and parasite division

What is it about?

The pathogen Toxoplasma gondii divides by a process in which two daughter cells form within a mature parasite. We discovered that TgDrpC, which has partial homology to dynamin-related proteins, redistributes from the cytosol to the growing end of daughter parasites during division. Elimination of TgDrpC halts division and prompts catastrophic disintegration of multiple organelles. TgDrpC interacts with proteins involved with vesicles that transport materials and molecules throughout the parasite, and likely to the daughter cells.

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