Toxoplasma gondii rhoptry discharge factor 3 is essential for invasion and microtubule-associated vesicle biogenesis.
Rhoptries are specialized secretory organelles conserved across the Apicomplexa phylum, essential for host cell invasion and critical for subverting of host cellular and immune functions.They contain proteins and membranous materials injected directly into the host cells, participating in parasitophorous vacuole formation.Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoi