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The Aspergillus fumigatus Damage Resistance Protein Family Coordinately Regulates Ergosterol Biosynthesis and Azole Susceptibility.
mBio - 23 Feb 2016
Song Jinxing, Zhai Pengfei, Zhang Yuanwei, Zhang Caiyun, Sang Hong, Han Guanzhu, Keller Nancy P, Lu Ling
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Ergosterol is a major and specific component of the fungal plasma membrane, and thus, the cytochrome P450 enzymes (Erg proteins) that catalyze ergosterol synthesis have been selected as valuable targets of azole antifungals. However, the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has developed worldwide resistance to azoles largely through mutations in the cytochrome P450 enzyme Cyp51 (Erg11). In...
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