Antifungal activity of marine‐derived actinomycetes against Talaromyces marneffei

…, V Rukachaisirikul, C Suriyachadkun… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
melanin pigment is known to be one of the virulence factors in T. marneffei, the role of melanin
in … with the substrate for melanin synthesis because the substrate either precipitated as …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of Melanization by Kojic Acid Promotes Cell Wall Disruption of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Fonsecaea sp.

JAL Pereira, LS Moraes, CBC Sena, JLM Nascimento… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
… against the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, mediated by inhibiting melanin production, …
are polymerized to produce L-DOPA melanin [11]. Mammalian melanin biosynthesis occurs in …

[HTML][HTML] The fungal cell wall: Candida, Cryptococcus, and Aspergillus species

R Garcia-Rubio, HC de Oliveira, J Rivera… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… recent data on the composition and synthesis, influence of the … Cryptococcus neoformans
cell wall is a dynamic structure … to be responsible for the polymerization of the structural cell …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal pigments and their roles associated with human health

L Lin, J Xu - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
… This paper reviews the types and biosynthesis of fungal … Cryptococcus genus, such as
Cryptococcus neoformans and … of phenols and subsequent polymerization of intermediate phenols …

Wor1‐regulated ferroxidases contribute to pigment formation in opaque cells of Candida albicans

B Dai, Y Xu, N Gao, J Chen - FEBS Open bio, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcus neoformans produces pigments from many … confirmed that l-DOPA had
polymerized to form melanin. … may be associated with melanin synthesis and externalization. …

New insights and advances on pyomelanin production: from microbial synthesis to applications

F Lorquin, P Piccerelle, C Orneto… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… The mechanism of the HGA polymerization is also well … While UV radiation on human
melanin may generate … Moreover, microbial melanin synthesis might be a mechanism to …

[HTML][HTML] Talaromyces marneffei Infection: Virulence Factors and Rapid Diagnostics

S Youngchim - Infectious Diseases Annual Volume 2022, 2022 - intechopen.com
… The DHN melanin biosynthesis gene cluster of T. marneffei was studied [… that can polymerize
to form DOPA melanin (Figure 6). … and inflammatory response in mice infected with the MP1 …

[HTML][HTML] Replicative aging in pathogenic fungi

S Bhattacharya, T Bouklas, BC Fries - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
… glabrata, and Cryptococcus neoformans are pathogenic … are formed by oxidative
polymerization of phenolic compounds. … There, melanins are synthesized within the cell wall from …

[HTML][HTML] Radioimmunotherapy as a pathogen-agnostic treatment method for opportunistic mucormycosis infections

…, ME Malo, KJH Allen, C Frank… - Access …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
… Using Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans as model organisms in vitro and …
Synthesis of polymerized melanin by Cryptococcus neoformans in infected rodents. …

[PDF][PDF] Melanin: progress, prospects, and challenges in synthesis and commercial applications

S Pandey, R Shahwal, A Sur - 2023 - academia.edu
… will oxidize and autopolymerized to form melanin due to its … fungus that forms melanin are
as follows: Cryptococcus neoformans, … (isolated from the fungus Gliocephalotrichum) in mice