The GPI anchor signal sequence dictates the folding and functionality of the Als5 adhesin from Candida albicans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ahmad, Mohammad Faiz ^a,b   Yadav, Bhawna ^a   Kumar, Pravin ^c   Puri, Amrita ^d   Mazumder, Mohit ^a   Ali, Anwar ^b   Gourinath, Samudrala ^a   Muthuswami, Rohini ^a   Komath, Sneha Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d Biotech Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALS5 PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN VARIANT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALA1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84859571927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035305     Document Type: Article

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