| Title: | "The role of Candida albicans FAR1 in regulation of pheromone-mediated mating, gene expression and cell cycle arrest" |
| Address: | "Genetics Group, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 2R2" |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06158.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1365-2958 (Electronic) 0950-382X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Candida albicans cells homozygous for the MTLa locus respond to alpha-mating pheromone by activating gene expression and triggering morphological changes, and the cells undergo a pheromone-mediated cell cycle arrest that can be influenced by nutritional conditions. Disruption of C. albicans ORF19.7105, which is the predicted homologue of the yeast FAR1 gene, blocks pheromone-mediated morphological changes, prevents pheromone-mediated cell cycle arrest, greatly compromises mating and also blocks pheromone-triggered gene induction. C. albicans ORF19.7105 is not pheromone inducible, but overexpression of this gene from the actin promoter greatly enhances pheromone-mediated cell cycle arrest, leading to clear halos in growth inhibition assays on a variety of solid media. Transcriptional profiling of the ORF19.7105-overexpressing strain has established an enhanced responsiveness of pheromone-induced genes. Thus the C. albicans FAR1 gene is a dosage-dependent regulator of the pheromone response, and is critically required for all aspects of mating process of this pathogenic fungus" |
| Keywords: | "Candida albicans/cytology/growth & development/*physiology Cell Cycle/genetics/*physiology Fungal Proteins/*metabolism Gene Expression Profiling Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal/*physiology Pheromones/physiology Repressor Proteins/genetics/*metabolism T;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCote, Pierre Whiteway, Malcolm eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2008/03/19 Mol Microbiol. 2008 Apr; 68(2):392-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06158.x. Epub 2008 Mar 14" |
