Localization and functional characterization of the pathogenesis-related proteins Rbe1p and Rbt4p in Candida albicans
- Bantel, Annick Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Darwiche, Rabih Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Rupp, Steffen Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Fraunhofer IGB, Stuttgart, Germany
- Schneiter, Roger Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Sohn, Kai Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Fraunhofer IGB, Stuttgart, Germany
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06.08.2018
Published in:
- PLOS ONE. - 2018, vol. 13, no. 8, p. e0201932
English
Members of the Cysteine-rich secretory protein, Antigen 5 and Pathogenesis-related 1 (CAP) protein superfamily are important virulence factors in fungi but remain poorly characterized on molecular level. Here, we investigate the cellular localization and molecular function of Rbe1p and Rbt4p, two CAP family members from the human pathogen Candida albicans. We unexpectedly found that Rbe1p localizes to budding sites of yeast cells in a disulfide bond-dependent manner. Furthermore, we show that Rbe1p and Rbt4p bind free cholesterol in vitro and export cholesteryl acetate in vivo. These findings suggest a previously undescribed role for Rbe1p in cell wall- associated processes and a possible connection between the virulence attributes of fungal CAP proteins and sterol binding.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Biologie
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Biological sciences
- Other electronic version
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- RERO DOC 323311
- DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201932
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/307166
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