Repression of Hyphal Proteinase Expression by the Mitogen-Activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Phosphatase Cpp1p of Candida albicans Is Independent of the MAP Kinase Cek1p

AUTOR(ES)

Schröppel, Klaus

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Cpp1p is a putative mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphatase that suppresses Candida albicans hyphal formation at 25°C through its probable substrate, the Cek1p filamentation MAP kinase. Here we report that expression of the serum-induced genes SAP4-6 and HYR1 increased several fold in hyphal forms of a cpp1/cpp1 null mutant, while the rate and extent of hyphal development up to 5 h were normal. Therefore, we provide evidence that Cpp1p represses hyphal gene expression by acting through a Cek1p-independent mechanism. SAP4-6 and HYR1 transcripts were undetectable in a null mutant of another key regulator of filamentation, Efg1p; thus, Efg1p and Cpp1p oppose each other during the expression of these genes in hyphal forms.

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