A doublecortin-domain protein of Toxoplasma and its orthologues bind to and modify the structure and organization of tubulin polymers.

Jacqueline M LeungEiji NagayasuYu-Chen HwangJun LiuPhillip G PierceIsabelle Q PhanRobin A PrenticeJohn M MurrayKe Hu

Published in: BMC molecular and cell biology (2020)

These observations suggest that species-specific features of TgDCX enable it to generate strongly curved tubulin-polymers to support efficient host-cell invasion.

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