Toxoplasma gondii salvages sphingolipids from the host Golgi through the rerouting of selected Rab vesicles to the parasitophorous vacuole.

The parasite, however, appears to have developed redundant salvage pathways to acquire host sphingolipids, which suggests that the contribution of host sources of these lipids may be significant for parasite growth.

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