This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Sullivan, P A Articles by Shepherd, M G Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Sullivan, P A Articles by Shepherd, M G

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

J Bacteriol. 1982 September; 151(3): 1118-1122

Gratuitous induction by N-acetylmannosamine of germ tube formation and enzymes for N-acetylglucosamine utilization in Candida albicans.

ABSTRACT

N-Acetylmannosamine did not support the growth of Candida albicans, and this sugar was not accumulated by cells. Incubation of starved yeast cells at 37 degrees C with N-acetylmannosamine plus glucose resulted in germ tube formation. Furthermore, N-acetylmannosamine alone induced the uptake system for N-acetylglucosamine and the enzymes of the N-acetylglucosamine catabolic pathway to the same extent as the natural substrate. Induction of the uptake system and the enzymes was observed at 28 degrees C without germ tube formation and at 37 degrees C with germ tube formation. N-Acetylmannosamine is thus a gratuitous inducer for enzymes of the N-acetylglucosamine pathway and germ tube formation in C. albicans.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Biswas, S., Van Dijck, P., Datta, A. (2007). Environmental Sensing and Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating Morphopathogenic Determinants of Candida albicans. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 71: 348-376 [Abstract] [Full Text]