Integrated Activity and Genetic Profiling of Secreted Peptidases in Cryptococcus neoformans Reveals an Aspartyl Peptidase Required for Low pH Survival and Virulence.

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is a major cause of mortality in immunocompromised individuals, resulting in more than 600,000 deaths per year. Many human fungal pathogens secrete peptidases that influence virulence, but in most cases the substrate specificity and regulatio...

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Main Authors: Starlynn C Clarke, Phillip A Dumesic, Christina M Homer, Anthony J O'Donoghue, Florencia La Greca, Lenka Pallova, Pavel Majer, Hiten D Madhani, Charles S Craik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5158083?pdf=render