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ArticleGenetics2021

Transcriptional Control of the Production of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia-Borne Secondary Metabolite Fumiquinazoline C Important for Phagocytosis Protection.

Marina Campos Rocha, João Henrique Tadini Marilhano Fabri, Lilian Pereira Silva, Célio Fernando Figueiredo Angolini, Maria Célia Bertolini, Anderson Ferreira da Cunha, Vito Valiante, Gustavo Henrique Goldman, Taicia Pacheco Fill, Iran Malavazi

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Article in Genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Marina Campos RochaDepartamento de Genética e Evolução, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4988-7629
João Henrique Tadini Marilhano FabriDepartamento de Genética e Evolução, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3370-1861
Lilian Pereira SilvaDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0143-6557
Célio Fernando Figueiredo AngoliniUniversidade Federal do ABC, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2611-3471
Maria Célia BertoliniDepartamento de Bioquímica e Tecnologia, Instituto de Química de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5319-2710
Anderson Ferreira da CunhaDepartamento de Genética e Evolução, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3485-5659
Vito ValianteLeibniz Research Group Biobricks of Microbial Natural Product Syntheses, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4405-169X
Gustavo Henrique GoldmanDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2986-350X
Taicia Pacheco FillInstituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4724-5251

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aspergillus fumigatus produces diverse secondary metabolites whose biological functions and regulation remain to be understood. Despite the importance of the conidia for this fungus, the role of the conidia-born metabolite fumiquinazoline C (FqC) is unclear. Here, we describe a dual function of the cell-wall integrity pathway in regulating FqC biosynthesis dictated by the MAPK kinase MpkA, which phosphorylates one of the nonribosomal peptide synthetases enzymes of the cluster (FmqC), and the transcription factor RlmA, which directly regulates the expression of fmq genes. Another level of crosstalk between the FqC regulation and the cell physiology is described since the deletion of the stress-responsive transcription factor sebA provokes derepression of the fmq cluster and overproduction of FqC. Thus, we describe a mechanism by which A. fumigatus controls FqC biosynthesis orchestrated by MpkA-RlmA and SebA and hence enabling survival and adaptation to the environmental niche, given that FqC is a deterrent of ameba predation.

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Aspergillus fumigatusCell WallFungal ProteinsGene ExpressionMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesPhagocytosisQuinazolinesSignal TransductionSpores, FungalTranscription, Geneticfumiquinazoline CFungal ProteinsMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesQuinazolinesamoeba predationcell wallfumiquinazoline Cintegrity pathwaympkApkcArlmAsebA

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PMID33705521
PMCPMC9335938

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