How much (ATP) does it cost to build a trypanosome? A theoretical study on the quantity of ATP needed to maintain and duplicate a bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei cell

• Janaina F. Nascimento,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Rodolpho O. O. Souza,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Mayke B. Alencar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Sabrina Marsiccobetre,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ana M. Murillo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Flávia S. Damasceno,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Richard B. M. M. Girard,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Letícia Marchese,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Luis A. Luévano-Martinez,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Renan W. Achjian,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

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• Jurgen R. Haanstra,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Systems Biology Lab, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Paul A. M. Michels ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.michels@ed.ac.uk (PAMM); asilber@usp.br (AMS)

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Ariel M. Silber

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.michels@ed.ac.uk (PAMM); asilber@usp.br (AMS)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps–LaBTryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo–São Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4528-4732

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