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In the case of Toxoplasma and Chlamydia it has been proposed that IDO induction is a cellular defense mechanism, designed to limit the proliferation of the invading pathogen by depleting the essential amino acid tryptophan.
An additional example of the far-reaching consequences of host tryptophan catabolism is illustrated by the potential for persistent immune activation to disrupt the balance between serotonin and kynurenine production from tryptophan, thus linking the immunological network and neuropsychiatric consequences of serotonin imbalance [ 24].
This comprises an anthranilate synthase that is not strictly required for primary tryptophan biosynthesis and that is uniquely expressed during stationary-phase physiology [ 40].
What might be its function in those situations where trpEb_2 is isolated away from a typical tryptophan operon, which possesses closely linked or translationally coupled genes specifying trpEa and trpEb_1?
It would be interesting to know whether the tryptophan-recapture cycle is capable of providing abundant tryptophan to the parasite, or whether it might be more subtly geared to provision of barely adequate tryptophan for parasites established in the chronic-infection mode.