In:
PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 19, No. 3 ( 2021-3-15), p. e3000957-
Abstract:
A forward genetic screening approach identified orf19.2500 as a gene controlling Candida albicans biofilm dispersal and biofilm detachment. Three-dimensional (3D) protein modeling and bioinformatics revealed that orf19.2500 is a conserved mitochondrial protein, structurally similar to, but functionally diverged from, the squalene/phytoene synthases family. The C . albicans orf19.2500 is distinguished by 3 evolutionarily acquired stretches of amino acid inserts, absent from all other eukaryotes except a small number of ascomycete fungi. Biochemical assays showed that orf19.2500 is required for the assembly and activity of the N A D H u biquinone oxidoreductase Complex I (CI) of the respiratory electron transport chain (ETC) and was thereby named NDU1 . NDU1 is essential for respiration and growth on alternative carbon sources, important for immune evasion, required for virulence in a mouse model of hematogenously disseminated candidiasis, and for potentiating resistance to antifungal drugs. Our study is the first report on a protein that sets the Candida -like fungi phylogenetically apart from all other eukaryotes, based solely on evolutionary “gain” of new amino acid inserts that are also the functional hub of the protein.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1545-7885
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.g004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.g005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.g006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.g007
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s007
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957.s008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2021
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