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Candida albicans CUG codon translation, comparison with other yeasts

ABSTRACT: Candida yeasts causing human infections are spread across the yeast phylum with Candida glabrata being related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida krusei grouping to Pichia spp., and Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis and Candida tropicalis belonging to the CTG-clade. The latter lineage contains yeasts with an altered genetic code translating CUG codons as serine using a serine-tRNA with a mutated anticodon. It has been suggested that the CTG-clade CUG codons are mistranslated to a small extent as leucine due to mischarging of the serine-tRNA(CAG). The mistranslation was suggested to result in variable surface proteins explaining fast host adaptation and pathogenicity. Here, we re-assessed this potential mistranslation by high-resolution mass spectrometry-based proteogenomics of multiple CTG-clade yeasts, various C. albicans strains, isolated from colonized and from infected human body sites, and C. albicans grown in yeast and hyphal forms.

INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion, Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Millerozyma Acaciae Candida Tropicalis (yeast) Candida Albicans (yeast) Candida Albicans Sc5314 Candida Dubliniensis Cd36

SUBMITTER: Martin Kollmar

LAB HEAD: Martin Kollmar

PROVIDER: PXD027278 | Pride | 2021-11-17

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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