Phosphorylation of glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase is important but not essential for germination and mycelial growth of Candida albicans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-80

  Gabriel, Iwona ^a   Olchowy, Jarosław ^a   Stanisławska Sachadyn, Anna ^a   Mio, Toshiyuki ^b,c   Kur, Józef ^a   Milewski, Sławomir ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chitin biosynthesis; Dimorphism; GlcN 6 P synthase; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC CODE; GFA1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STIMULATION; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIVISION; CHITIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUTAMINE-FRUCTOSE-6-PHOSPHATE TRANSAMINASE (ISOMERIZING); MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCELIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 2442640475     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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