ArticleFEBS letters2015
Protein kinase A signaling and calcium ions are major players in PAF mediated toxicity against Aspergillus niger.
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- The role of Npt1 in regulating antifungal protein activity in filamentous fungi.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Navigating the fungal battlefield: cysteine-rich antifungal proteins and peptides from Eurotiales.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2024Review
- DMSO-Induced Unfolding of the Antifungal Disulfide Protein PAF and Its Inactive Variant: A Combined NMR and DSC Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Solution Structure, Dynamics, and New Antifungal Aspects of the Cysteine-Rich Miniprotein PAFC.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Membrane-Interacting Antifungal Peptides.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Two small, cysteine-rich and cationic antifungal proteins from Penicillium chrysogenum: A comparative study of PAF and PAFB.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes · 2020Review
- Antifungal Peptides of the AFP Family Revisited: Are These Cannibal Toxins?Microorganisms · 2018Review
- Calcium binding of the antifungal protein PAF: Structure, dynamics and function aspects by NMR and MD simulations.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
The Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein PAF is toxic against potentially pathogenic Ascomycetes. We used the highly sensitive aequorin-expressing model Aspergillus niger to identify a defined change in cytoplasmic free Ca(2+) dynamics in response to PAF. This Ca(2+) signature depended on an intact positively charged lysine-rich PAF motif. By combining Ca(2+) measurements in A. niger mutants with deregulated cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) signaling, we proved the interconnection of Ca(2+) perturbation and cAMP/PKA signaling in the mechanistic function of PAF. A deep understanding of the mode of action of PAF is an invaluable prerequisite for its future application as new antifungal drug.
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