ATP synthase generates all the energy needs of a cell, a truly radical genetic outsourcing. https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
Read the well-characterized pathways changed in different host relationships. https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
"ATP synthesis in phytoplasmas is strongly dependent on glycolysis instead of ATP synthase." https://t.co/ZoTdf0jClX
"Phytoplasma genomes lack the pentose phosphate pathway genes and genes encoding F1Fo-type ATP synthase." Ouch! https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
"Phytoplasma genomes lack the pentose phosphate pathway genes and genes encoding F1Fo-type ATP synthase." https://t.co/ZoTdf0jClX
Parasites "use transporters, membrane proteins, secreted proteins, and metabolic enzymes in a host-specific manner." https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
"The phytoplasma alters its gene expression in response to its host." https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
Phytoplasmas. "One-third of the genes is affected during host switching between plant and insect." https://t.co/ZoTdf0jClX
Phytoplasmas: "lack a cell wall, their membrane proteins and secreted proteins function directly in the host cell." https://t.co/ZoTdf0jClX
"Phytoplasmas are transmitted by specific insect species in a persistent manner." https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
Phytoplasmal plasmids: "some genes are apparently related to adaptation to the insect host." https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
"The functions of other genes in the phytoplasmal plasmids remain unknown." https://t.co/ZoTdf0jClX
"These genomic features suggest that phytoplasmas are highly dependent on metabolic compounds from their hosts." https://t.co/ZoTdf0jClX
Mycoplasma genomes "were previously thought to have the minimum possible gene set." https://t.co/ZoTdf0jClX
"Phytoplasma genomes, however, encode even fewer metabolically functional proteins than do mycoplasma genomes." https://t.co/ZoTdf021up
"Phytoplasmas are plant pathogenic bacteria associated with devastating damage to over 700 plant species worldwide." https://t.co/ZoTdf021up