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Article
Cap1p plays regulation roles in redox, energy metabolism and substance transport: an investigation on Candida albicans under normal culture condition
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1 School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
2 State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
3 Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, P.R. China
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2007, 12(1), 145–153; https://doi.org/10.2741/2055
Published: 1 January 2007
Abstract

Cap1p, a transcription factor in Candida albicans, is believed to be required for tolerance to oxidative stress. However, no information is available concerning its function on basal transcriptional profile. In this study, differentially expressed genes between the CAP1-deleted strain and its parental strain under normal culture condition were identified through microarray analysis. Notably, among the 48 down-regulated genes with the deletion of CAP1, there were three clusters, functionally related to intracellular redox, energy metabolism and substance transport. IPF7817, IPF11105 and FDH11, the three putative Cap1p target genes functionally related to redox, were shown to be activated by oxidative stress in a Cap1p-dependent manner. Furthermore, rhodamine 6G efflux analyses demonstrated that Cap1p contributed to the energy-driven efflux. Taken together, these results reveal that Cap1p plays a significant role in redox status regulation, energy metabolism and substance transport under normal culture condition.

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