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ReviewCurrent genetics2021

N-acetylglucosamine-mediated morphological transition in Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis.

Shi Qian Lew, Ching-Hsuan Lin

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Review in Current genetics, 2021. 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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2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Special Phenotype of AconidialJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shi Qian LewDepartment of Biochemical Science and Technology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ching-Hsuan LinDepartment of Biochemical Science and Technology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. chinghsuanlin@ntu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8894-6196
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology · TW

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 108-2320-B-002-034-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Morphological transitions in Candida species are key factors in facilitating invasion and adapting to environmental changes. N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) is a monosaccharide signalling molecule that can regulate morphological transitions in Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis. Interestingly, although the uptake and metabolic pathways of GlcNAc and GlcNAc-mediated white-to-opaque cell switching are similar between the two Candida species, GlcNAc induces hyphal development in C. albicans, whereas it suppresses hyphal development in C. tropicalis. These findings indicate that the characteristics of C. albicans and C. tropicalis in response to GlcNAc are remarkably different. Here, we compare the conserved and divergent GlcNAc-mediated signalling pathways and catabolism between the two Candida species. Deletion of NGT1, a GlcNAc transportation gene, inhibited hyphal formation in C. albicans but promoted hyphal development in C. tropicalis. To further understand these opposite effects on filamentous growth in response to GlcNAc in the two Candida species, the cyclic adenosine monophosphate/protein kinase A (cAMP/PKA) signalling pathways in both C. albicans and C. tropicalis were compared. Interestingly, GlcNAc activated the cAMP/PKA signalling pathway of the two Candida species, suggesting that the hyphal development-regulated circuit is remarkably diverse between the two species. Indeed, the Ndt80-like gene REP1, which is critical for regulating GlcNAc catabolism, exhibits distinct roles in the hyphal development of C. albicans and C. tropicalis. These data suggest possible reasons for the divergent hyphal growth response in C. albicans and C. tropicalis upon GlcNAc induction.

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AcetylglucosamineBiological TransportCandida albicansCandida tropicalisFungal ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, FungalHyphaeN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesSignal TransductionAcetylglucosamineFungal ProteinsN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesUDP-N-acetylglucosamine-peptide beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferasecAMP/PKA signalling pathwayCandida albicansCandida tropicalismorphological transitionsN-acetylglucosamine

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PMID33388851
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