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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2002, p. 2058-2061, Vol. 184, No. 7
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.7.2058-2061.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Conserved Serine/Threonine Kinase Encoded by CBK1 Regulates Expression of Several Hypha-Associated Transcripts and Genes Encoding Cell Wall Proteins in Candida albicans

Mark D. McNemar and William A. Fonzi*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20007-2197

Received 20 August 2001/ Accepted 12 January 2002

The opportunistic fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, is reported to have several potential virulence factors. A potentially significant factor is the ability to undergo morphological transition from yeast to hypha. This alteration of form is accompanied by many changes within the cell, including alterations in gene expression and cell wall composition. We have isolated a gene that encodes a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase that appears to be involved in the regulation of proteins associated with the cell wall. We have assigned the designation CBK1 (cell wall biosynthesis kinase 1) to this gene. Mutants lacking CBK1 form large aggregates of round cells under all growth conditions and lack the ability to undergo morphological differentiation. Additionally, these mutants show an altered pattern of expression of several transcripts encoding proteins associated with the cell wall. The results suggest that the kinase encoded by CBK1 plays a general role in the maintenance and alteration of the cell wall of C. albicans in all morphologies.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University, 3900 Reservoir Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20007-2197. Phone: (202) 687-1135. Fax: (202) 687-1800. Email: fonziw{at}georgetown.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, April 2002, p. 2058-2061, Vol. 184, No. 7
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.7.2058-2061.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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