Fungal membrane organization: the eisosome concept

LM Douglas, JB Konopka - Annual review of microbiology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The fungal plasma membrane is organized into specialized domains that vary in size,
stability, and composition. Membrane compartment of Can1 (MCC)/eisosome domains that …

Protein kinase C in fungi—more than just cell wall integrity

JJ Heinisch, R Rodicio - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Human protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms have been implicated in diseases such as
Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancers. In contrast to mammals, which have at least nine genes …

[HTML][HTML] Aspergillus fumigatus mitogen-activated protein kinase MpkA is involved in gliotoxin production and self-protection

P Alves de Castro, C Figueiredo Pinzan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprophytic fungus that can cause a variety of human diseases
known as aspergillosis. Mycotoxin gliotoxin (GT) production is important for its virulence and …

Fungal plasma membrane domains

A Athanasopoulos, B Andre… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The plasma membrane (PM) performs a plethora of physiological processes, the
coordination of which requires spatial and temporal organization into specialized domains of …

Drug resistance mechanisms and their regulation in non-albicans Candida species

A Kołaczkowska, M Kołaczkowski - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Fungal pathogens use various mechanisms to survive exposure to drugs. Prolonged
treatment very often leads to the stepwise acquisition of resistance. The limited number of …

Plasma membrane MCC/eisosome domains promote stress resistance in fungi

CE Lanze, RM Gandra, JE Foderaro… - Microbiology and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is growing appreciation that the plasma membrane orchestrates a diverse array of
functions by segregating different activities into specialized domains that vary in size …

[HTML][HTML] Substrates of the MAPK Slt2: shaping yeast cell integrity

G González-Rubio, L Sastre-Vergara, M Molina… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The cell wall integrity (CWI) MAPK pathway of budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is
specialized in responding to cell wall damage, but ongoing research shows that it …

[HTML][HTML] The TORC2-Dependent Signaling Network in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FM Roelants, KL Leskoske, MN Martinez Marshall… - Biomolecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
To grow, eukaryotic cells must expand by inserting glycerolipids, sphingolipids, sterols, and
proteins into their plasma membrane, and maintain the proper levels and bilayer distribution …

[HTML][HTML] The fission yeast cell integrity pathway: a functional hub for cell survival upon stress and beyond

J Cansado, T Soto, A Franco, J Vicente-Soler… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The survival of eukaryotic organisms during environmental changes is largely dependent on
the adaptive responses elicited by signal transduction cascades, including those regulated …

Eisosomes are metabolically regulated storage compartments for APC-type nutrient transporters

A Moharir, L Gay, D Appadurai, J Keener… - Molecular biology of …, 2018 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Eisosomes are lipid domains of the yeast plasma membrane that share similarities to
caveolae of higher eukaryotes. Eisosomes harbor APC-type nutrient transporters for reasons …