Authors: Leng, P.¹; Sudbery, P. E.²; Brown, A. J. P.¹

Source: Molecular Microbiology, Volume 35, Number 5, March 2000 , pp. 1264-1275(12)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

Rad6p plays important roles in post-replication DNA repair, chromatin organization, gene silencing and meiosis. In this study, we show that Rad6p also regulates yeast-hypha morphogenesis in the human pathogen Candida albicans. CaRAD6 gene and cDNAs were isolated and characterized revealing that the gene carries two 5′-proximal introns. CaRad6p shows a high degree of sequence similarity to Rad6 proteins from fungi to man (60-83% identity), and it suppresses the UV sensitivity and lack of induced mutagenesis displayed by a Saccharomyces cerevisiae rad6 mutant. In C. albicans, CaRAD6 expression is induced in response to UV, and CaRad6p depletion confers UV sensitivity, confirming that Rad6p serves a role in protecting this fungus against UV damage. CaRAD6 overexpression inhibits hyphal development, whereas CaRad6p depletion enhances hyphal growth. Also, CaRAD6 mRNA levels decrease during the yeast-hypha transition. These effects are dependent on Efg1p, but not Cph1p, indicating that CaRad6p acts specifically through the Efg1p morphogenetic signalling pathway to repress yeast-hypha morphogenesis.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01801.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK. 2: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.

Publication date: 2000-03-01

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