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ArticleEukaryotic cell2014

Ste18p is a positive control element in the mating process of Candida albicans.

Hui Lu, Yuan Sun, Yuan-Ying Jiang, Malcolm Whiteway

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Article in Eukaryotic cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hui LuCenter for New Drug Research, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Yuan Sun
Yuan-Ying Jiang
Malcolm Whiteway
Concordia University · CASecond Military Medical University · CN

Funding

CIHR 42516-4CIHR MOP 42516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterotrimeric G proteins are an important class of eukaryotic signaling molecules that have been identified as central elements in the pheromone response pathways of many fungi. In the fungal pathogen Candida albicans, the STE18 gene (ORF19.6551.1) encodes a potential γ subunit of a heterotrimeric G protein; this protein contains the C-terminal CAAX box characteristic of γ subunits and has sequence similarity to γ subunits implicated in the mating pathways of a variety of fungi. Disruption of this gene was shown to cause sterility of MTLa mating cells and to block pheromone-induced gene expression and shmoo formation; deletion of just the CAAX box residues is sufficient to inactivate Ste18 function in the mating process. Intriguingly, ectopic expression behind the strong ACT1 promoter of either the Gα or the Gβ subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein is able to suppress the mating defect caused by deletion of the Gγ subunit and restore both pheromone-induced gene expression and morphology changes.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, FungalAmino Acid SequenceCandida albicansFungal ProteinsGene DeletionGenes, Mating Type, FungalGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsMolecular Sequence DataPheromonesPhosphorylationPromoter Regions, GeneticSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionFungal ProteinsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsPheromones

Identifiers

PMID24489040
PMCPMC4000101
OpenAlexW2049802119

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