A Potential Phosphorylation Site for an A-Type Kinase in the Efg1 Regulator Protein Contributes to Hyphal Morphogenesis of Candida albicans
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A potential phosphorylation site for an A-type kinase in the Efg1 regulator protein contributes to hyphal morphogenesis of Candida albicans.
Efg1p in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans is a member of the conserved APSES class of proteins regulating morphogenetic processes in fungi. We have analyzed the importance for hyphal morphogenesis of a putative phosphorylation site for protein kinase A (PKA), threonine-206, within an Efg1p domain highly conserved among APSES proteins. Alanine substitution of T206, but not of the adjac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1943-2631
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/157.4.1523