Sterylglucoside catabolism in cryptococcus neoformans with endoglycoceramidase-related protein 2 (EGCrP2), the first steryl-β-glucosidase identified in fungi

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1005-1019

  Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Ito, Tomoharu ^a   Goda, Hatsumi M ^a   Ishibashi, Yohei ^a   Miyamoto, Tomofumi ^a   Ikeda, Kazutaka ^b   Taguchi, Ryo ^c   Okino, Nozomu ^a   Ito, Makoto ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NEOFORMANS; POTENTIAL TARGETS;

CARBOHYDRATES;

4 NITROPHENYL BETA GLUCOSIDE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CHOLESTERYL BETA GLUCOSIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOGLYCOCERAMIDASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; ENDOGLYCOCERAMIDASE RELATED PROTEIN 2; ERGOSTERYL 3 BETA GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; SITOSTERYL BETA GLUCOSIDE; STERYL BETA GLUCOSIDASE; STERYL BETA GLUCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELLULASE; CERAMIDE; ENDOGLYCOCERAMIDASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL BUDDING; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EGCRP2 GENE; EGRCP1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID STORAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

CELLULASES; CERAMIDES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84920972865     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.616300     Document Type: Article

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