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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Structural insights into an atypical secretory pathway kinase crucial for Toxoplasma gondii invasion
Contributor:
Lentini, Gaëlle;
Ben Chaabene, Rouaa;
Vadas, Oscar;
Ramakrishnan, Chandra;
Mukherjee, Budhaditya;
Mehta, Ved;
Lunghi, Matteo;
Grossmann, Jonas;
Maco, Bohumil;
Visentin, Rémy;
Hehl, Adrian B.;
Korkhov, Volodymyr M.;
Soldati-Favre, Dominique
Published:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021
Published in:
Nature Communications, 12 (2021) 1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1038/s41467-021-24083-y
ISSN:
2041-1723
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractActive host cell invasion by the obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasites relies on the formation of a moving junction, which connects parasite and host cell plasma membranes during entry. Invading Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites secrete their rhoptry content and insert a complex of RON proteins on the cytoplasmic side of the host cell membrane providing an anchor to which the parasite tethers. Here we show that a rhoptry-resident kinase RON13 is a key virulence factor that plays a crucial role in host cell entry. Cryo-EM, kinase assays, phosphoproteomics and cellular analyses reveal that RON13 is a secretory pathway kinase of atypical structure that phosphorylates rhoptry proteins including the components of the RON complex. Ultimately, RON13 kinase activity controls host cell invasion by anchoring the moving junction at the parasite-host cell interface.