Biochemical properties and possible roles of ectophosphatase activities in fungi.

Abstract:

:Ectophosphatases are surface membrane-bound proteins whose active sites face the extracellular medium. These enzymes have been reported in several microorganisms including a large number of medically relevant fungal species. An effective technique for identifying ectophosphatases is performing phosphatase activity assays using living intact cells. Biochemical characterization of these activities has shown their differential modulation by classical phosphatase inhibitors, divalent metals and pH range. The physiological roles of ectophosphatases are not well established; however, it has been suggested that these enzymes play important roles in nutrition, proliferation, differentiation, adhesion, virulence and infection. Adhesion to host cells is the first step in establishing a fungal infection and ectophosphatases may be one of the first parasite proteins that come into contact with the host cells. Several results indicate that ectophosphatase activities increase the capacity of fungi to adhere to the host cells. In this context, the present review provides an overview of recent discoveries related to the occurrence and possible roles of ectophosphatase activities in fungal cells.

journal_name

Int J Mol Sci

authors

Freitas-Mesquita AL,Meyer-Fernandes JR

doi

10.3390/ijms15022289

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-02-06 00:00:00

pages

2289-304

issue

2

issn

1422-0067

pii

ijms15022289

journal_volume

15

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