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In budding yeast, they enter cells via the Git1 permease; in fission yeast, the homolog is Tgp1. This study investigates why GPC is toxic to asp1-STF mutants, where Tgp1 is upregulated due to loss of Asp1 pyrophosphatase, resulting in elevated inositol pyrophosphate 1,5-IP8. We show that S. pombe Tgp1 specifically transports GPC, explaining why GPC, but not GPI, impairs growth. Increased GPC uptake slows doubling time but does not reduce viability. Toxicity is relieved by deletion of Gde1, a phosphodiesterase that hydrolyzes GPC to choline and glycerol-3-phosphate. Mutations in either the Gde1 active site or SPX domain also suppress toxicity, and radiolabeling confirms both domains are required for enzymatic activity. GPC is toxic in cells vastly overexpressing Tgp1 even without elevated IP8, but Gde1 loss does not suppress this effect. Similarly, in S. cerevisiae overexpressing the Candida albicans Git3 transporter, GPC provision causes toxicity independent of Gde1. Loss of Gpc1, the acyltransferase converting GPC to lysophosphatidylcholine, does not alter toxicity in either yeast. 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