Cf. Zinecker et al., GLYCOSYL-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS IN PROTOZOA STRUCTURE, BIOSYNTHESIS AND INTRACELLULAR-LOCALIZATION, Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics, 34(1-2), 1997, pp. 105-109
We are investigating the structure and biosynthesis of glycosyl-phosph
atidylinositols (GPI) in the protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium fa
lciparum, Plasmodium yoelii and Paramecium primaurelia. This compariso
n of structural and biosynthesis data should lead us to common and ind
ividual features of the GPI-biosynthesis and transport in different or
ganisms.