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The Genomic Landscape of the Fungus-Specific SWI/SNF Complex Subunit, Snf6, in Candida albicans.

Author(s): Tebbji F, Chen Y, Sellam A, Whiteway M

mSphere. 2017 Nov-Dec;2(6): Authors: Tebbji F, Chen Y, Sellam A, Whiteway M

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Tuning Hsf1 levels drives distinct fungal morphogenetic programs with depletion impairing Hsp90 function and overexpression expanding the target space.

Author(s): Veri AO, Miao Z, Shapiro RS, Tebbji F, O'Meara TR, Kim SH, Colazo J, Tan K, Vyas VK, Whiteway M, Robbins N, Wong KH, Cowen LE

PLoS Genet. 2018 03;14(3):e1007270 Authors: Veri AO, Miao Z, Shapiro RS, Tebbji F, O'Meara TR, Kim SH, Colazo J, Tan K, Vyas VK, Whiteway M, Robbins N, Wong KH, Cowen LE

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Integration of Growth and Cell Size via the TOR Pathway and the Dot6 Transcription Factor in Candida albicans.

Author(s): Chaillot J, Tebbji F, Mallick J, Sellam A

Genetics. 2019 02;211(2):637-650 Authors: Chaillot J, Tebbji F, Mallick J, Sellam A

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Functional divergence of a global regulatory complex governing fungal filamentation.

Author(s): Polvi EJ, Veri AO, Liu Z, Hossain S, Hyde S, Kim SH, Tebbji F, Sellam A, Todd RT, Xie JL, Lin ZY, Wong CJ, Shapiro RS, Whiteway M, Robbins N...

Functional divergence of a global regulatory complex governing fungal filamentation.

PLoS Genet. 2019 01;15(1):e1007901

Authors: Polvi EJ, Veri AO, Liu Z, Hossain S, Hyde S, Kim...

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Mms21: A Putative SUMO E3 Ligase in Candida albicans That Negatively Regulates Invasiveness and Filamentation, and Is Required for the Genotoxic and Cellular Stress Response.

Author(s): Islam A, Tebbji F, Mallick J, Regan H, Dumeaux V, Omran RP, Whiteway M

Genetics. 2019 02;211(2):579-595 Authors: Islam A, Tebbji F, Mallick J, Regan H, Dumeaux V, Omran RP, Whiteway M

Article GUID: 30530734
Rewiring of the Ppr1 Zinc Cluster Transcription Factor from Purine Catabolism to Pyrimidine Biogenesis in the Saccharomycetaceae.

Author(s): Tebung WA, Choudhury BI, Tebbji F, Morschhäuser J, Whiteway M

Curr Biol. 2016 07 11;26(13):1677-1687 Authors: Tebung WA, Choudhury BI, Tebbji F, Morschhäuser J, Whiteway M

Article GUID: 27321996
Title:Mms21: A Putative SUMO E3 Ligase in Candida albicans That Negatively Regulates Invasiveness and Filamentation, and Is Required for the Genotoxic and Cellular Stress Response.
Authors:Islam A,  Tebbji F,  Mallick J,  Regan H,  Dumeaux V,  Omran RP,  Whiteway M
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30530734?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1534/genetics.118.301769
Category:Genetics
PMID:30530734
Dept Affiliation: PERFORM
1 Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada.
2 Infectious Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie (CRI), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec (CHUQ) Research Center, University Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada.
3 Prevention Evaluation Rehabilitation Formation (PERFORM) Centre, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada.
4 Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada malcolm.whiteway@concordia.ca.

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Mms21: A Putative SUMO E3 Ligase in Candida albicans That Negatively Regulates Invasiveness and Filamentation, and Is Required for the Genotoxic and Cellular Stress Response.

Genetics. 2019 02;211(2):579-595

Authors: Islam A, Tebbji F, Mallick J, Regan H, Dumeaux V, Omran RP, Whiteway M

Abstract

In the life cycle of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans, the formation of filamentous cells is a differentiation process that is critically involved in host tissue invasion, and in adaptation to host cell and environmental stresses. Here, we have used the Gene Replacement And Conditional Expression library to identify genes controlling invasiveness and filamentation; conditional repression of the library revealed 69 mutants that triggered these processes. Intriguingly, the genes encoding the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) E3 ligase Mms21, and all other tested members of the sumoylation pathway, were both nonessential and capable of triggering filamentation upon repression, suggesting an important role for sumoylation in controlling filamentation in C. albicans We have investigated Mms21 in detail. Both Mms21 nulls (mms21?/?) and SP [Siz/Pias (protein inhibitor of activated signal transducer and activator of transcription)] domain (SUMO E3 ligase domain)-deleted mutants displayed invasiveness, filamentation, and abnormal nuclear segregation; filament formation occurred even in the absence of the hyphal transcription factor Efg1. Transcriptional analysis of mms21?/? showed an increase in expression from two- to eightfold above that of the wild-type for hyphal-specific genes, including ECE1, PGA13, PGA26, HWP1, ALS1, ALS3, SOD4, SOD5, UME6, and HGC1 The Mms21-deleted mutants were unable to recover from DNA-damaging agents like methyl methane sulfonate, hydroxyurea, hydrogen peroxide, and UV radiation, suggesting that the protein is important for genotoxic stress responses. In addition, the mms21?/? mutant displayed sensitivity to cell wall and thermal stresses, and to different antifungal drugs. All these findings suggest that Mms21 plays important roles in cellular differentiation, DNA damage and cellular stress responses, and in response to antifungal drugs.

PMID: 30530734 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]