Cisplatin protects mice from challenge of Cryptococcus neoformans by targeting the Prp8 intein

Z Li, B Fu, CM Green, B Liu, J Zhang… - Emerging microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
neoformans in a mouse model. Our results further showed that cisplatin inhibited Prp8
intein splicing in vitro in a dose-dependent manner by direct binding to the Prp8 intein. Crystal …

The PRP8 inteins in Cryptococcus are a source of phylogenetic and epidemiological information

MI Butler, RTM Poulter - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2005 - Elsevier
… To examine the distribution of the CnePRP8 intein, we used PCR to test for the presence of
intein sequences in the PRP8 genes of multiple strains of Cryptococcus neoformans and the …

Calcimycin Inhibits Cryptococcus neoformans In Vitro and In Vivo by Targeting the Prp8 Intein Splicing

AM Tharappel, Z Li, YC Zhu, X Wu… - ACS infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
… has shown inhibition of the Cne Prp8 intein splicing with IC 50 values of … Prp8 intein splicing
activity. The antifungal efficacy of CMN was also tested in a mouse model of cryptococcosis

Small-molecule inhibitors for the Prp8 intein as antifungal agents

Z Li, AM Tharappel, J Xu, Y Lang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
… , are present in many human pathogens, including the emerging fungal threats
Cryptococcus neoformans (Cne) and Cryptococcus gattii (Cga), the causative agents of …

A nuclear‐encoded intein in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

MI Butler, TJD Goodwin, RT M. Poulter - Yeast, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… for Cryptococcus neoformans, our aim was to investigate the presence of intein-like sequences
in C. … sequence database, we designed PCR primers to amplify the Cne PRP8 intein and …

[HTML][HTML] Prp8 intein in fungal pathogens: target for potential antifungal drugs

XQ Liu, J Yang - FEBS letters, 2004 - Elsevier
… Here, we report the finding and characterization of Prp8 inteins from a wide range of … different
serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans. We also demonstrate that Prp8 inteins from these …

The distribution and evolutionary history of the PRP8 intein

MI Butler, J Gray, TJD Goodwin, RTM Poulter - BMC evolutionary biology, 2006 - Springer
… of PRP8 inteins in fungi other than species of Cryptococcus we searched … projects with the
predicted protein sequence of the C. … that the PRP8 genes of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. …

Spliceosomal Prp8 intein at the crossroads of protein and RNA splicing

CM Green, Z Li, AD Smith, O Novikova… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Inteins in Prp8 are extremely pervasive and are found at 7 different sites in various species.
Here, we focus on the Prp8 intein from Cryptococcus neoformans (… the Hedgehog C terminus. …

Cryptococcus neoformans Prp8 Intein: An In Vivo Target-Based Drug Screening System in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Identify Protein Splicing Inhibitors and …

JAL Fernandes, MS Zatti, TD Arantes, MFB Souza… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
… As Prp8 inteins are found in several important fungal pathogens and are absent in
mammals… the splicing of Prp8 intein from the yeast pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans (CnePrp8i) …

[HTML][HTML] … the CPE intein derived from directed evolution of the Cryptococcus neoformans PRP8 intein: Directed evolution of the Cryptococcus neoformans PRP8 intein

Q Zhan, C Shi, Y Jiang, X Gao, Y Lin - Acta Biochimica et …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
inteins that can overcome these limitations. Here, we study the trans-splicing of CPE intein
obtained from the directed evolution of Cne PRP8… When the +1 residue of C-extein is changed …