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Author: search.filters.author.Kamthan, MohanSubject: search.filters.subject.Morphogenesis

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    Mapping of functional domains and characterization of the transcription factor Cph1 that mediate morphogenesis in Candida albicans
    (Elsevier B.V., 2015) Maiti, Protiti; Ghorai, Priyanka; Ghosh, Sumit; Kamthan, Mohan; Tyagi, Rakesh Kumar; Datta, Asis
    Cph1, a transcription factor of the Mitogen Activated Protein (MAP) kinase pathway, regulates morphogenesis in human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Here, by following a systemic deletion approach, we have identified functional domains and motifs of Cph1 that are involved in transcription factor activity and cellular morphogenesis. We found that the N-terminal homeodomain is essential for the DNA binding activity; however, C-terminal domain and polyglutamine motif (PQ) are indispensable for the transcriptional activation function. Complementation analysis of the cph1Δ null mutant using various deletion derivatives revealed functional significance of the N- and C-terminal domains and PQ motif in filamentation process, chlamydospore formation and sensitivity to the cell wall interfering compounds. Genome-wide identification of the Cph1 binding site and quantitative RT-PCR transcript analysis in cph1Δ null mutant revealed that a number of genes which are associated with the filamentous growth, maintaining cell wall organization and mitochondrial function, and the genes of the pH response pathway are the transcriptional targets of Cph1. The data also suggest that Cph1 may function as a positive or negative regulator depending on the morphological state and physiological conditions. Moreover, differential expression of the upstream MAP kinase pathway genes in wild type and cph1Δ null mutant indicated the existence of a feedback regulation.
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    Quantitative proteomics and metabolomics approaches to demonstrate N-acetyl-D-glucosamine inducible amino acid deprivation response as morphological switch in Candida albicans
    (Elsevier, 2012) Kamthan, Mohan; Mukhopadhyay, Gauranga; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Chakraborty, Subhra; Datta, Asis
    Candida albicans is a life threatening polymorphic pathogen for immunocompromised patients, causing superficial as well as invasive systemic diseases. The mucosal membranes of the host, which are the primary sites of its infection, are rich in amino sugars like N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). GlcNAc is also one of the potent inducers of morphological transition, an important pathogenic trait of C. albicans. We thus performed proteomic analysis on total soluble proteins to identify the molecules involved in this response. Proteomic analysis using 2-DE demonstrated reproducible upregulation of 36 spots from a total of 585 matched spots. Mass spectroscopy (MS/MS) analyses of upregulated proteins revealed that carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism were the most prominent functional classes. Metabolite profiling using GC-MS allowed a quantitative comparison of 58 metabolites in GlcNAc or glucose grown cells. We observed a significant decrease in the intracellular amino acid pool of GlcNAc grown cells. Moreover, GlcNAc induces both bZIP transcription factor (GCN4) and eIF2α kinase (GCN2) which are responsible for the activation of general amino acid control response in C. albicans. Inactivation of these genes blocks GlcNAc induced morphogenesis. Altogether these results suggest that amino acid starvation is the morphogenetic signal in presence of GlcNAc in C. albicans.