High-dose methylprednisolone influences the physiology and virulence of Candida albicans ambiguously and enhances the candidacidal activity of the polyene antibiotic amphotericin B and the superoxide-generating agent menadione.

abstract：:d-Amino acid oxidase (DAO) is an important flavo-enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative deamination of d-amino acids into the corresponding alpha-keto acid, ammonia and H(2)O(2). We identified two amino acid oxidases in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris: Dao1p, which preferentially uses d-alanine as a substrate, a...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Klompmaker SH,Kilic A,Baerends RJ,Veenhuis M,van der Klei IJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the Hansenula polymorpha SWI1 and SNF2 genes by functional complementation of mutants that are defective in methanol utilisation. These genes encode proteins similar to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Swi1p and Snf2p, which are subunits of the SWI/SNF complex. This complex belongs to the family of nucleosome-r...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Ozimek P,Lahtchev K,Kiel JA,Veenhuis M,van der Klei IJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous communications the essential role of spermidine in Ustilago maydis was demonstrated by means of the disruption of the genes encoding ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and spermidine synthase (SPE). However, the assignation of specific roles to each polyamine in different cellular functions was not possible bec...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Valdés-Santiago L,Guzmán-de-Peña D,Ruiz-Herrera J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trk1 and Trk2 are the major K(+) transport systems in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Both transporters individually seem to be able to cope with K(+) requirements of the cells under normal conditions, since only the double mutant shows defective K(+) transport and defective growth at limiting K(+) concentrations. We have ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Calero F,Montiel V,Caracuel Z,Cabello-Hurtado F,Ramos J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms have been studied and used extensively to produce value-added fuels and chemicals. Yeasts, specifically Saccharomyces cerevisiae, receive industrial attention because of their well-known ability to ferment glucose and produce ethanol. Thousands of natural or genetically modified S. cerevisiae have been ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Kong II,Turner TL,Kim H,Kim SR,Jin YS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is an important opportunistic yeast pathogen of humans and has the ability to form drug-resistant biofilms, with increased expression of multidrug ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. These biofilms are also capable of secreting immune-modulating prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 ) from host-derived arachido...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Ells R,Kemp G,Albertyn J,Kock JL,Pohl CH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine yeast strains were isolated from spontaneous fermentations in the Alsace area of France, during the 1997, 1998 and 1999 grape harvests. Strains were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the MET2 gene, delta-PCR, and microsatellite patterns. Kary...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Le Jeune C,Lollier M,Demuyter C,Erny C,Legras JL,Aigle M,Masneuf-Pomarède I

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultimate goal of therapeutic vaccines is to activate and exploit the patient's own immune system to vigorously and dynamically seek and eradicate established malignant or virally infected cells. Therapeutic vaccines also offer the potential for preventing disease recurrence. Saccharomyces cerevisiae-based vaccines...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Ardiani A,Higgins JP,Hodge JW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) to investigate 35 yeast isolates representing the two genome-sequenced strains plus the type strain of Candida albicans, four isolates originally identified as Candida stellatoidea type I and 28 representing type strains of other species now regarded as synonymous with C. alb...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Jacobsen MD,Boekhout T,Odds FC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complexity of pathway expression in yeast compared to prokaryotes is the need for separate promoters and terminators for each gene expressed. Single transcript expression and separated protein production is possible via the use of 2A viral peptides, but detailed characterization to assess their suitability and appli...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Souza-Moreira TM,Navarrete C,Chen X,Zanelli CF,Valentini SR,Furlan M,Nielsen J,Krivoruchko A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular tools for the production of heterologous proteins and metabolic engineering applications of the non-conventional yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii were developed. The combination of Z. bailii's resistance to relatively high temperature, osmotic pressure and low pH values, with a high specific growth rate render...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Branduardi P,Valli M,Brambilla L,Sauer M,Alberghina L,Porro D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Messenger RNAs retained in the nucleus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are subjected to a degradation system designated DRN (Degradation of mRNA in the Nucleus) that is dependent on the nuclear mRNA cap-binding protein, Cbc1p, as well as nuclear exosome component Rrp6p, a 3' to 5' exoribonuclease. DRN has been shown to ac...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Das S,Saha U,Das B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five yeast isolates obtained from cashew tree flowers in Nigeria resembled Cryptococcus neoformans phenotypically by producing brown pigmented colonies on niger seed agar, expressing a capsule, and being able to grow at 37 degrees C. However, rRNA gene sequences, including the 18S rRNA gene, the D1/D2 domains of the 2...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Okoli I,Oyeka CA,Kwon-Chung KJ,Theelen B,Robert V,Groenewald JZ,McFadden DC,Casadevall A,Boekhout T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of yeast phosphatidylglycerol (PG) takes place in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Outside mitochondria, the abundance of PG is low. Here, we present evidence that the subcellular distribution of PG is maintained by the locally controlled enzymatic activity of the PG-specific phospholipase, Pgc1. A f...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Kubalová D,Káňovičová P,Veselá P,Awadová T,Džugasová V,Daum G,Malínský J,Balážová M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each time a cell duplicates, the whole genome must be accurately copied and distributed. The enormous amount of DNA in eukaryotic cells requires a high level of coordination between polymerases and other DNA and chromatin-interacting proteins to ensure timely and accurate DNA replication and chromatin formation. PCNA ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Kupiec M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using modern peptide analytical MS technology ('Peptidomics'), it is possible to analyze yeast α-pheromone both qualitatively and semi-quantitatively directly from conditioned cell culture media. MS/MS analysis shows both forms of α-pheromone (MFα and MFα') detectable and identifiable straight from WT supernatants. In...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Bener Aksam E,Pinkse MW,Verhaert PD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Kluyveromyces lactis, galactose transport has been thought to be mediated by the lactose permease encoded by LAC12. In fact, a lac12 mutant unable to grow on lactose did not grow on galactose either and showed low and uninducible galactose uptake activity. The existence of other galactose transport systems, at low ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Baruffini E,Goffrini P,Donnini C,Lodi T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism involved in the cellular phosphate response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae forms part of the PHO pathway, which upon expression allows a co-ordinated cellular response and adaptation to changes in availability of external phosphate. Although genetic studies and analyses of the S. cerevisiae genome have prod...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Mouillon JM,Persson BL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascomycetous yeasts traditionally referred to as the Saccharomyces sensu stricto complex are a group of closely related species that are isolated by a postzygotic barrier. They can easily hybridize; and their allodiploid hybrids propagate by mitotic divisions as efficiently as the parental strains, but can barely ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Sipiczki M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional regulator Pdr1 plays a positive role in regulating azole drug resistance in Candida glabrata. Previous studies have shown the importance of the carboxyl (C)-terminal sequence of Pdr1 in fulfilling its function, as this region mediates interactions between Pdr1 and the co-activator Gal11A and is cru...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Tian Y,Gao N,Ni Q,Mao Y,Dong D,Huang X,Jiang C,Li Z,Zhang L,Wang X,Peng Y,Chen C

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that Aft1 regulates Sit1 by modulating the ubiquitination of Sit1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, we report the function of the physical interaction between Sit1 and Aft1 in ferrioxamine B (FOB) uptake. The interaction between Sit1 and Aft1 induced protein localization of Sit1 to the plasma ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Kang CM,Kang S,Park YS,Yun CW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The asci of Metschnikowia species normally contain two ascospores (never more), raising the question of whether these spores are true meiotic products. We investigated this problem by crossing genetically-marked strains of the haploid, heterothallic taxa Metschnikowia hawaiiensis, Metschnikowia continentalis var. cont...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Marinoni G,Piskur J,Lachance MA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel method dissecting the regulation of a cellular function into direct metabolic regulation and hierarchical (e.g., gene-expression) regulation is applied to yeast starved for nitrogen or carbon. Upon nitrogen starvation glucose influx is down-regulated hierarchically. Upon carbon starvation it is down-regulated ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Rossell S,van der Weijden CC,Kruckeberg AL,Bakker BM,Westerhoff HV

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular proteins of Cryptococcus neoformans are involved in the pathogenesis of cryptococcosis, and some are immunoreactive antigens that may potentially serve as candidates for vaccine development. To further study the extracellular proteome of the human fungal pathogen Cry. neoformans, we conducted a proteomic...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Eigenheer RA,Jin Lee Y,Blumwald E,Phinney BS,Gelli A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An astaxanthin-overproducing (∼1000 μg g(-1)) strain of Phaffia rhodozyma, termed MK19, was established through 1-methyl-3-nitro-1-nitrosoguanidine and Co60 mutagenesis from wild-type JCM9042 (merely 35-67 μg g(-1)). The total fatty acid content of MK19 was much lower than that of the wild type. Possible causes of the...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Miao L,Chi S,Tang Y,Su Z,Yin T,Guan G,Li Y

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional response of laboratory strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to salt or sorbitol stress has been well studied. These studies have yielded valuable data on how the yeast adapts to these stress conditions. However, S. cerevisiae is a saccharophilic fungus and in its natural environment this yeast encou...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Erasmus DJ,van der Merwe GK,van Vuuren HJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early screens in yeast for mutations exhibiting sensitivity to DNA damage identified nuclear pore components, but their role in DNA repair was not well understood. Over the last decade, studies have revealed that several types of persistent DNA lesions relocate to either the nuclear pore complex (NPC) or nuclear envel...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Freudenreich CH,Su XA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium ions disrupt reactive oxygen species/Ca(2+) homeostasis and subsequently elicit cell death and adaptive signaling cascades in eukaryotic cells. Through a functional genomics approach, we have identified deletion mutants of 106 yeast genes, including three MAP kinase genes (HOG1, SLT2, and KSS1), are sensitive ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Jiang L,Cao C,Zhang L,Lin W,Xia J,Xu H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study displays a screening using yeast strains deficient in protein kinases known to exist in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. From 95 viable single mutants, 20 mutants appear to be affected in the glucose-induced extracellular acidification. The mutants that are unaffected in calcium signaling were tested for their sen...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Pereira RR,Castanheira D,Teixeira JA,Bouillet LE,Ribeiro EM,Trópia MM,Alvarez F,Correa LF,Mota BE,Conceição LE,Castro IM,Brandão RL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The closely related yeasts Debaryomyces fabryi and Debaryomyces hansenii are excellent xylose consumers. We previously described the activity of a high-affinity xylose/H(+) symport from an industrial strain of D. hansenii subsequently reclassified as D. fabryi. We now report the identification of the gene encoding thi...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Ferreira D,Nobre A,Silva ML,Faria-Oliveira F,Tulha J,Ferreira C,Lucas C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00