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1569105

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) has recently been identified as a target for antiviral and antifungal therapy. Candida albicans is a dimorphic, asexual yeast that is a major cause of systemic fungal infections in immunosuppressed humans. Metabolic labeling studies indicate that C. albicans synthesizes one principal 20-kDa N-myristoyl-protein. The single copy C. albicans NMT gene (ca-NMT1) was isolated and encodes a 451-amino acid protein that has 55% identity with Saccharomyces cerevisiae NMT. C. albicans NMT1 is able to complement the lethal phenotype of S. cerevisiae nmt1 null mutants by directing efficient acylation of the approximately 12 endogenous N-myristoylproteins produced by S. cerevisiae. C. albicans NMT was produced in Escherichia coli, a prokaryote with no endogenous NMT activity. In vitro studies of purified E. coli-derived S. cerevisiae and C. albicans NMTs revealed species-specific differences in the kinetic properties of synthetic octapeptide substrates derived from known N-myristoylproteins. Together these data indicate that C. albicans and S. cerevisiae NMTs have similar yet distinct substrate specificities which may be of therapeutic significance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:geneSymbol
NMT
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8591-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The Candida albicans myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase gene. Isolation and expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Monsanto Corporate Research, Chesterfield, Missouri 63198.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't