Phylogenetic and functional analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus MGTC, a fungal protein homologous to a bacterial virulence factor.
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SUBMITTER: Gastebois A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3127704 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
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Phylogenetic and functional analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus MGTC, a fungal protein homologous to a bacterial virulence factor.
Gastebois Amandine A Blanc Potard Anne-Beatrice AB Gribaldo Simonetta S Beau Rémi R Latgé Jean Paul JP Mouyna Isabelle I
Applied and environmental microbiology 20110520 13
MgtC is important for the survival of several bacterial pathogens in macrophages and for growth under magnesium limitation. Among eukaryotes, a gene homologous to mgtC was found only in the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Our data show that the A. fumigatus MgtC (AfuMgtC) protein does not have the same function as the bacterial MgtC proteins. ...[more]
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