An evolutionarily diverged mitochondrial protein controls biofilm growth and virulence in Candida albicans.

A forward genetic screening approach identified orf19.2500 as a gene controlling Candida albicans biofilm dispersal and biofilm detachment. Three-dimensional (3D) protein modeling and bioinformatics revealed that orf19.2500 is a conserved mitochondrial protein, structurally similar to, but functiona...

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Main Authors: Zeinab Mamouei, Shakti Singh, Bernard Lemire, Yiyou Gu, Abdullah Alqarihi, Sunna Nabeela, Dongmei Li, Ashraf Ibrahim, Priya Uppuluri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000957