Recent progress of deubiquitinating enzymes in human and plant pathogenic fungi

W Wang, X Cai, XL Chen - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
In eukaryotic cells, a large number of proteins are modified by ubiquitination, which leads to
proteasomal degradation or change in protein function. The protein ubiquitination process …

Genomic description of acquired fluconazole- and echinocandin-resistance in patients with serial Candida glabrata isolates

E Misas, E Seagle, EN Jenkins, M Rajeev… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida glabrata is one of the most common causes of systemic candidiasis, often resistant
to antifungal medications. To describe the genomic context of emerging resistance, we …

Functional information from clinically-derived drug resistant forms of the Candida glabrata Pdr1 transcription factor

L Simonicova, WS Moye-Rowley - PLoS genetics, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Azole drugs are the most frequently used antifungal agents. The pathogenic yeast Candida
glabrata acquires resistance to azole drugs via single amino acid substitution mutations …

Evidence that ergosterol biosynthesis modulates activity of the Pdr1 transcription factor in Candida glabrata

BG Vu, GH Thomas, WS Moye-Rowley - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A crucial limitation in antifungal chemotherapy is the limited number of
antifungal drugs currently available. Azole drugs represent the most commonly used …

Rapid, efficient auxin-inducible protein degradation in Candida pathogens

KL Milholland, JB Gregor, S Hoda, S Píriz-Antúnez… - Msphere, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A variety of inducible protein degradation (IPD) systems have been developed
as powerful tools for protein functional characterization. IPD systems provide a convenient …

Biochemical identification of a nuclear coactivator protein required for AtrR-dependent gene regulation in Aspergillus fumigatus

S Paul, S Ror, WH McDonald, WS Moye-Rowley - Msphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Azole drugs represent the primary means of treating infections associated with the
filamentous fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. A central player in azole resistance is …

Two functionally redundant FK506-binding proteins regulate multidrug resistance gene expression and govern azole antifungal resistance

R Moirangthem, K Kumar, R Kaur - Antimicrobial Agents and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Increasing resistance to antifungal therapy is an impediment to the effective treatment of
fungal infections. Candida glabrata is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that is …

Similarities and distinctions in the activation of the Candida glabrata Pdr1 regulatory pathway by azole and non-azole drugs

TP Conway, BG Vu, SR Beattie, DJ Krysan… - Msphere, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Incidences of fluconazole (FLC) resistance among Candida glabrata clinical isolates are a
growing issue in clinics. The pleiotropic drug response network in C. glabrata confers azole …

Candida glabrata Hst1-Rfm1-Sum1 complex evolved to control virulence-related genes

N Vázquez-Franco, G Gutiérrez-Escobedo… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
C. glabrata is an opportunistic fungal pathogen and the second most common cause of
opportunistic fungal infections in humans, that has evolved virulence factors to become a …

Candida glabrata Hst1-Rfm1-Sum1 complex evolved to control virulence-related genes

E Orta Zavalza, N Vázquez-Franco… - Instituto de Ciencias …, 2022 - cathi.uacj.mx
C. glabrata is an opportunistic fungal pathogen and the second most common cause of
opportunistic fungal infections in humans, that has evolved virulence factors to become a …