Genetic variants of Malassezia pachydermatis from canine skin: body distribution and phospholipase activity.

abstract：:The fungal cell wall is a coherent structure formed by microfibrillar polysaccharides and amorphous material made of other polysaccharides and proteins. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of covalent proteins and enzymes that synthesize fungal wall polysaccharides to determine the possible evolution of the wall stru...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Ruiz-Herrera J,Ortiz-Castellanos L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethyl sulphoxide is extensively used in chemical, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, but its specific biological actions remain largely elusive. The aim of this study was to comprehensively explore the effects of dimethyl sulphoxide on eukaryotic growth and senescence by using the budding yeast Saccharomyc...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Kakolyri M,Margaritou A,Tiligada E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-generation (1G) fuel ethanol production in sugarcane-based biorefineries is an established economic enterprise in Brazil. Second-generation (2G) fuel ethanol from lignocellulosic materials, though extensively investigated, is currently facing severe difficulties to become economically viable. Some of the challen...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Bermejo PM,Raghavendran V,Gombert AK

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunobiological efficacy of synthetically prepared mannooligosaccharides and a glucooligosaccharide mimicking the structure of Candida albicans cell wall glycans was assessed in vivo and in vitro to exploit immune responses. The exposure of mice splenocytes to BSA-based conjugates of synthetic oligomannosides and...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Paulovičová E,Paulovičová L,Pilišiová R,Bystrický S,Yashunsky DV,Karelin AA,Tsvetkov YE,Nifantiev NE

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CLC-type chloride/proton antiporters are required for copper/iron homeostasis in fungi. A relationship between CLCs and Ca(2+) homeostasis has not been found before. Here we demonstrate the requirement of the antiporter CLC1 for Ca(2+) homeostasis/signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans. The deletion of CLC1 in JEC21 r...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Li D,Zhang X,Li Z,Yang J,Pan J,Zhu X

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro evaluation of specific anti-Candida albicans sera antibodies based on synthetically prepared complement receptor 3-related protein (CR3-RP) mimicking the structure of native complement receptor 3 in a cohort of 72 patients with atopy and recurrent Candida vulvovaginitis (RVC) revealed effective humoral respon...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Paulovičová E,Bujdáková H,Chupáčová J,Paulovičová L,Kertys P,Hrubiško M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catabolism of methionine to methionol and methanethiol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied using (13)C NMR spectroscopy, GC-MS, enzyme assays and a number of mutants. Methionine is first transaminated to alpha-keto-gamma-(methylthio)butyrate. Methionol is formed by a decarboxylation reaction, which yields meth...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Perpète P,Duthoit O,De Maeyer S,Imray L,Lawton AI,Stavropoulos KE,Gitonga VW,Hewlins MJ,Dickinson JR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-Saccharomyces yeasts impact wine fermentations and can diversify the flavor profiles of wines. However, little information is available on the metabolic networks of most of these species. Here we show that unlike the main wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Torulaspora delbrueckii and to a lesser extent Lachancea...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Mbuyane LL,de Kock M,Bauer FF,Divol B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kluyveromyces marxianus is a safe yeast used in the food and biotechnology sectors. One of the important traits that sets it apart from the familiar yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is its capacity to grow using lactose as a carbon source. Like in its close relative, Kluyveromyces lactis, this requires lactose transp...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Varela JA,Montini N,Scully D,Van der Ploeg R,Oreb M,Boles E,Hirota J,Akada R,Hoshida H,Morrissey JP

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Cdc37p, the p50 homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is an Hsp90 cochaperone involved in the targeting of protein kinases to Hsp90. Here we report a role for Cdc37p in osmoadaptive signalling in this yeast. The osmosensitive phenotype that is displayed by the cdc37-34 mutant strain appears not to be the consequence of...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Yang XX,Hawle P,Bebelman JP,Meenhuis A,Siderius M,van der Vies SM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles of endosymbiotic origin that are essential components of eukaryal cells. They contain their own genetic machinery, have multicopy genomes and like their bacterial ancestors they consist of two membranes. However, the majority of the ancestral genome has been lost or transferred to t...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Malina C,Larsson C,Nielsen J

更新日期：2018-08-01 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

abstract：:The progenitor of the Dekkera/Brettanomyces clade separated from the Saccharomyces/Kluyveromyces clade over 200 million years ago. However, within both clades, several lineages developed similar physiological traits. Both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Dekkera bruxellensis are facultative anaerobes; in the presence of e...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Procházka E,Poláková S,Piskur J,Sulo P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldose-1-epimerase or mutarotase (EC 5.1.3.3) catalyzes interconversion of alpha/beta-anomers of aldoses, such as glucose and galactose, and is distributed in a wide variety of organisms from bacteria to humans. Nevertheless, the physiological role of this enzyme has been elusive in most cases, because the alpha-form ...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Fukasawa T,Sakurai H,Nogi Y,Baruffini E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essentiality of iodine for humans, especially in the early stages of life, is well recognized. The chemical forms of iodine in food supplements, infant formulae and iodated salt are either iodide (KI) or iodate (KIO(3)). Because there are no or rare data about iodine uptake by yeasts, we investigated the influence...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Osterc A,Fujs S,Raspor P,Stibilj V

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial consortium of wine fermentations is highly dependent upon winemaking decisions made at crush, including the decision to inoculate and the decision to add sulfur dioxide (SO2) to the must. To investigate this, Chardonnay grape juice was subjected to two inoculation treatments (uninoculated and pied de cuv...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Morgan SC,McCarthy GC,Watters BS,Tantikachornkiat M,Zigg I,Cliff MA,Durall DM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence in the literature showing that fungal pathogens express biologically active ectoenzymes. The expression of surface phosphatases at the cell surface of Cryptococcus neoformans, the etiologic agent of cryptococcosis, was evaluated in the present study. Different isolates of C. neoformans exp...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Collopy-Junior I,Esteves FF,Nimrichter L,Rodrigues ML,Alviano CS,Meyer-Fernandes JR

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yarrowia lipolytica is a dimorphic fungus whose morphology is controlled by several factors such as pH and different compounds. To determine if the STE11-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway plays a role in dimorphism of Y. lipolytica, we isolated the gene encoding a Mapkkk. The isolated gene (STE11) has an...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Cervantes-Chávez JA,Ruiz-Herrera J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FLO11-encoded flocculin is required for a variety of important phenotypes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, including flocculation, adhesion to agar and plastic, invasive growth, pseudohyphae formation and biofilm development. We present evidence that Flo11p belongs to the Flo1-type class of flocculins rather than to t...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Bayly JC,Douglas LM,Pretorius IS,Bauer FF,Dranginis AM

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:In the pathogenic fungus Candida glabrata, the YPS1 gene, which encodes a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked aspartyl protease, is required for cell wall integrity and virulence. Although the expression of YPS1 has been studied in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the transcriptional regulation of this gene in C. glabrata is...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Miyazaki T,Izumikawa K,Yamauchi S,Inamine T,Nagayoshi Y,Saijo T,Seki M,Kakeya H,Yamamoto Y,Yanagihara K,Miyazaki Y,Yasuoka A,Kohno S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylose fermentation is a rare trait that is immensely important to the cellulosic biofuel industry, and Candida tenuis is one of the few yeasts that has been reported with this trait. Here we report the isolation of two strains representing a candidate sister species to C. tenuis. Integrated analysis of genome sequenc...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Haase MAB,Kominek J,Langdon QK,Kurtzman CP,Hittinger CT

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic and cell-biological analysis is provided for Saccharomyces cerevisiae DML1 (YMR211w) encoding a Drosophila melanogaster Misato-like protein. Misato and Dml1p are descendants of an ancestral tubulin-like protein, and exhibit regions with similarity to members of a GTPase family that include eukaryotic tubulin...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Gurvitz A,Hartig A,Ruis H,Hamilton B,de Couet HG

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeasts of the genus Candida are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Despite new insights in recent years, the pathogenesis of Candida infection is still incompletely understood. Previous studies have suggested that gliotoxin, a secondary fungal metabolite with well-known immunosuppr...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Kupfahl C,Ruppert T,Dietz A,Geginat G,Hof H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock response (HSR) is an important element of cellular homeostasis. In yeast, HSR comprises of the heat shock proteins (Hsps) and the osmolytes trehalose and glycerol. The respective roles of trehalose and Hsp104 in regulating protein aggregation remain ambiguous. We report that trehalose and Hsp104 are importa...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Sethi R,Iyer SS,Das E,Roy I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae shows similar responses to heat shock and ethanol stress. Cells treated with severe ethanol stress activate the transcription of HSP genes and cause the aggregation of Hsp104-GFP, implying that severe ethanol stress as well as heat shock causes the accumulation of denatured proteins in yeast c...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Kato S,Yoshida M,Izawa S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are responsible for a series of metabolic functions. Superoxide leakage from the respiratory chain and the resulting cascade of reactive oxygen species-induced damage, as well as mitochondrial metabolism in programmed cell death, have been intensively studied during ageing in single-cellular and higher or...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Breitenbach M,Rinnerthaler M,Hartl J,Stincone A,Vowinckel J,Breitenbach-Koller H,Ralser M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast transcriptional response to murine Bax expression was compared with the changes induced by H(2)O(2) treatment via microarray technology. Although most of the Bax-responsive genes were also triggered by H(2)O(2) treatment, OYE3, ICY2, MLS1 and BTN2 were validated to have a Bax-specific transcriptional respons...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Reekmans R,De Smet K,Chen C,Van Hummelen P,Contreras R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii, known to have peculiar resistance to several environmental constraints, is very little known with respect to its genetics and life cycle. In addition to molecular and biochemical studies, cytofluorimetric and morphological analyses can also add information necessary to shed light on...

journal_title：FEMS yeast research

authors： Dato L,Sauer M,Passolunghi S,Porro D,Branduardi P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00