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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2021

Species-Specific Differences in C-5 Sterol Desaturase Function Influence the Outcome of Azole Antifungal Exposure.

Arturo Luna-Tapia, Josie E Parker, Steven L Kelly, Glen E Palmer

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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.

Arturo Luna-Tapia *Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, National Program in Biotechnology, Bogota, Colombia.
Josie E Parker *Institute of Life Science, Swansea Universitygrid.4827.9 Medical School, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Steven L KellyInstitute of Life Science, Swansea Universitygrid.4827.9 Medical School, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Glen E PalmerDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4083-3130
Swansea University · GBUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Broad spectrum antifungals targeting fatty acid biosynthesisR33AI127607 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI PALMER, GLEN · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
Examining the importance of folate biosynthetic enzymes in infectious fungiR21AI156611 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI PALMER, GLEN · 2021 to 2022
$418k
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R33AI127607NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI156611NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI127607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The azole antifungals inhibit sterol 14α-demethylase (S14DM), leading to depletion of cellular ergosterol and the synthesis of an aberrant sterol diol that disrupts membrane function. In Candida albicans, sterol diol production is catalyzed by the C-5 sterol desaturase enzyme encoded by

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsDrug Resistance, FungalAzolesCandida albicansCandida aurisFluconazoleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsOxidoreductasesSterol 14-DemethylaseAntifungal AgentsAzolesFluconazoleOxidoreductasesSterol 14-Demethylasesterol delta-5 desaturaseantifungalazoleC-5 desaturaseCandidaERG3ergosterolresistancetolerance

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PMID34516249
PMCPMC8597749
OpenAlexW3199304572

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