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The cupredoxin family protein azurin, produced by<jats:italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>, exhibits a remarkable ability to impede invasion of a number of diverse intracellular pathogens, including the human AIDS virus human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and the protozoan parasite<jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>(which causes malaria). Here we report that azurin and an azurin-like protein (Laz) from gonococci\/meningococci have activity against<jats:italic>Toxoplasma<\/jats:italic>, an apicomplexan parasite that causes opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. We demonstrate that the mechanism of action for Laz involves interfering with the ability of<jats:italic>Toxoplasma<\/jats:italic>to adhere to host cells. Computer structural analysis reveals that azurin shares structural features with the predominant surface antigen SAG1, which is known to play an important role in parasite attachment. Interestingly, azurin also has structural similarities to a monoclonal antibody to SAG1. Surface plasmon resonance binding studies validate that SAG1 interacts strongly with Laz and, to lesser extent, azurin. Moreover,<jats:italic>Toxoplasma<\/jats:italic>mutants lacking SAG1 are not as susceptible to the growth-inhibitory effects of Laz. Collectively, our data show that<jats:italic>Toxoplasma<\/jats:italic>adhesion can be significantly impaired by Laz, and to some extent by azurin, via interactions with SAG1. 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