Influence of outer region mannosylphosphorylation on N-glycan formation by Candida albicans: normal acid-stable N-glycan formation requires acid-labile mannosylphosphate addition.

Abstract excerpt

The pathogenic yeast Candida albicans produces large N-glycans with outer regions containing only mannose residues. The outer region comprises a primary branch with multiple secondary and tertiary branches. Tertiary branches are linked to secondary branches by phosphodiester bridges. In the current model of outer chain elongation in the genetically related yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, synthesis of the branches...

Topics

• Candida albicans
• Carbohydrate Sequence
• Cell Membrane
• Cell Wall
• Fungal Proteins
• Glycosylation
• Mannosephosphates
• Membrane Proteins
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Oligosaccharides