chitin synthase
Traffic of Chitin Synthase 1 (CHS-1) to the Spitzenkörper and Developing Septa in Hyphae of Neurospora crassa: Actin Dependence and Evidence of Distinct Microvesicle Populations
... species. Chitin content in filamentous fungi exceeds that in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (3, 7, 8, 33, ...35). Chitin synthesis is catalyzed by chitin synthase (CHS; EC ...growing ...
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The Aspergillus fumigatus CrzA Transcription Factor Activates Chitin Synthase Gene Expression during the Caspofungin Paradoxical Effect
... certain chitin synthase-encoding ...the chitin synthase- encoding genes, the promoter regions of the eight chitin synthase-encoding genes were screened for potential TF binding ...
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AP-2-dependent endocytic recycling of the chitin synthase Chs3 regulates polarized growth in Candida albicans
... of chitin that constitute a large proportion of the total chitin in ...wall chitin, indicating that the Chs3 that reaches the plasma membrane is ...of chitin is less ...short-chain ...
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Class III Chitin Synthase ChsB of Aspergillus nidulans Localizes at the Sites of Polarized Cell Wall Synthesis and Is Required for Conidial Development
... Since FLAG-ChsB and EGFP-ChsB localized at the tips of germ tubes and hyphal tips, the function of ChsB is likely to be required for normal tip growth. During the growth of hyphal tips, it is conceivable that the enzymes ...
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AP 2 Dependent Endocytic Recycling of the Chitin Synthase Chs3 Regulates Polarized Growth in Candida albicans
... other chitin synthase proteins, Chs1, Chs2, and Chs8, are all predicted to have a similar multiple transmembrane domain structure, and all have several YXX ⌽ motifs in cytoplasmic ...
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A Chitin Synthase and Its Regulator Protein Are Critical for Chitosan Production and Growth of the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
... putative chitin synthase genes identified in Cryptococ- cus ...potential chitin synthase genes ...putative chitin synthase proteins reveals that all eight contain a chitin ...
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Aspergillus fumigatus Trehalose Regulatory Subunit Homolog Moonlights To Mediate Cell Wall Homeostasis through Modulation of Chitin Synthase Activity
... in chitin synthase ...of chitin synthase enzymes is essential for function, and their localization is dependent upon multiple regulatory steps, including posttranslational modifications, ...for ...
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Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis WdChs5p, a Class V Chitin Synthase, Is Essential for Sustained Cell Growth at Temperature of Infection
... single chitin synthase gene have been doc- umented in a number of different fungi, including Candida albicans (CaCHS1), ...of chitin synthases of a number of ...
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Molecular and physiological characterization of the chitin synthase B gene isolated from Culex pipiens pallens (Diptera: Culicidae)
... Chitin synthase (CHS), an enzyme that transfers NDP- acetylglucosamine (NAP-GlcNAc) to polymerise chitin [10], catalyses the last step of chitin ...the chitin content in insects ...
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Identification of GIG1, a GlcNAc-Induced Gene in Candida albicans Needed for Normal Sensitivity to the Chitin Synthase Inhibitor Nikkomycin Z
... The amino sugar N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) is known to be an important structural component of cells from bacteria to humans, but its roles in cell signaling are less well understood. GlcNAc induces two pathways in the ...
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Prenylation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Chs4p Affects Chitin Synthase III Activity and Chitin Chain Length
... of chitin synthase III (CSIII), and is indispensable for its enzymatic activity in ...in chitin biosyn- ...in chitin content and with increased resistance to the chitin binding compound ...
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Differential gene expression signatures for cell wall integrity found in chitin synthase II (chs2 Δ) and myosin II (myo1 Δ) deficient cytokinesis mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
... by chitin synthase II are interdependent processes during cytokinesis in Saccharomyces ...and chitin synthase II (chs2Δ) share multiple morphological and molecular ...
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RNA interference of chitin synthase genes inhibits chitin biosynthesis and affects larval performance in Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)
... complete chitin synthase cDNA sequences (LdChSAa, LdChSAb and LdChSB) were ...lowered chitin contents in whole body and integument samples, and thinned tracheal ...decreased chitin content in ...
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Expression in E coli and characterization of the catalytic domain of Botrytis cinerea chitin synthase
... cerevisiae chitin synthase 2 has demonstrated that to retain chitin synthase activity, no conserved amino acid mutation in the highly conserved region, corresponding to the SGC domain, is ...
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A chymotrypsin like serine protease interacts with the chitin synthase from the midgut of the tobacco hornworm
... of chitin synthesis (Zimoch et ...midgut chitin synthase, we therefore propose a simplified and hypothetical model in which trypsin activates the zymogenic form of CTLP1, being aware that the ...
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Characterization of a Chitin Synthase Encoding Gene and Effect of Diflubenzuron in Soybean Aphid, Aphis Glycines
... of chitin and thus for subsequent growth and development in ...of chitin synthase gene (CHS) in Aphis glycines, the soybean aphid, which is a serious pest of ...a chitin-synthesis inhibitor, ...
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Identification, mRNA Expression, and Functional Analysis of Chitin Synthase 1 Gene and Its Two Alternative Splicing Variants in Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis
... Two alternative splicing variants of chitin synthase 1 gene (BdCHS1) were cloned and characterized from the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). The cDNA of both variants (BdCHS1a and BdCHS1b) ...
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ChsVb, a Class VII Chitin Synthase Involved in Septation, Is Critical for Pathogenicity in Fusarium oxysporum
... motor-like chitin synthase gene, chsVb, has been identified in the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum ...chsVb chitin synthase 2 domain (CS2) revealed that ChsVb belongs to class VII ...
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Chitin in Diatoms and Its Association with the Cell Wall
... pseudonana chitin synthase genes encode a cytochrome b 5 domain, which can anchor proteins into lipid bilayers (15) and may have served as a template for the evo- lution of a lipid binding site ...ancestral ...
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Chitin metabolism in insects: structure, function and regulation of chitin synthases and chitinases
... that chitin synthase activity of at least one chitin synthase isoform (CHS3p) is associated with specialized intracellular microvesicles, known as chitosomes, which exhibit a special lipid and ...
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