Too Much Sugar Puts a Parasite in Jeopardy.

Toxoplasma gondii and other coccidian parasites accumulate starch-like amylopectin stores whose functional significance is unclear. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Uboldi et al. (2015) present a pioneering investigation into a signaling cascade with a pivotal role in amylopectin metabolism and transmission of encysted parasites during chronic infection.