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16052358

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
A growing body of evidence suggests that sphingolipids are important bioactive molecules, in addition to being critical structural components of cellular membranes. These molecules have been implicated in regulating cell growth, differentiation, angiogenesis, apoptosis, and senescence. Many of the enzymes involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis are the targets of fungal toxins, thus underscoring the importance of this pathway. An international consortium has made considerable progress in sequencing the genome of Aspergillus fumigatus, one of the most common mold pathogens of humans; however, most genes have not yet been annotated. Here, we have identified genes involved in the sphingolipid pathway of A. fumigatus by comparative analysis with four other fungal species and the gene prediction program GlimmerM. Our results shows that A. fumigatus has most of the sphingolipid pathway genes found in other fungi, except for the CSG2 and IPT1 genes; the former is involved in the mannosylation of inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) to mannose-inositol-phosphorylceramide and the latter involved in the synthesis of mannose-(inositol-P)(2)-ceramide from mannose-inositol-phosphorylceramide.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0172-8083
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
134-41
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
A computational approach to the inference of sphingolipid pathways from the genome of Aspergillus fumigatus.
pubmed:affiliation
Bio-food and Drug Research Center, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article