FKS1/YLR342W Literature Guide Help

Other names published for FKS1: CND1, CWH53, ETG1, GSC1, PBR1, YLR342W

FKS1 - Fungal Related Genes/Proteins (31)

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Johnson ME and Edlind TD  (2012) Topological and mutational analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fks1. Eukaryot Cell 11(7):952-60
Johnson ME, et al.  (2011) New Fks hot spot for acquired echinocandin resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its contribution to intrinsic resistance of Scedosporium species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 55(8):3774-81
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Katiyar SK and Edlind TD  (2009) Role for Fks1 in the intrinsic echinocandin resistance of Fusarium solani as evidenced by hybrid expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53(5):1772-8
Doniger SW, et al.  (2008) A catalog of neutral and deleterious polymorphism in yeast. PLoS Genet 4(8):e1000183
Garcia-Effron G, et al.  (2008) A naturally occurring proline-to-alanine amino acid change in Fks1p in Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis, and Candida metapsilosis accounts for reduced echinocandin susceptibility. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52(7):2305-12
Coronado JE, et al.  (2007) Conserved processes and lineage-specific proteins in fungal cell wall evolution. Eukaryot Cell 6(12):2269-77
Hu W, et al.  (2007) Essential gene identification and drug target prioritization in Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS Pathog 3(3):e24
Huang LS, et al.  (2005) The Smk1p MAP kinase negatively regulates Gsc2p, a 1,3-beta-glucan synthase, during spore wall morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(35):12431-6
Park S, et al.  (2005) Specific substitutions in the echinocandin target Fks1p account for reduced susceptibility of rare laboratory and clinical Candida sp. isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49(8):3264-73
Kondoh O, et al.  (2002) Differential sensitivity between Fks1p and Fks2p against a novel beta -1,3-glucan synthase inhibitor, aerothricin3 [corrected]. J Biol Chem 277(44):41744-9
Leon M, et al.  (2002) A single FKS homologue in Yarrowia lipolytica is essential for viability. Yeast 19(12):1003-14
Beauvais A, et al.  (2001) Glucan synthase complex of Aspergillus fumigatus. J Bacteriol 183(7):2273-9
Kottom TJ and Limper AH  (2000) Cell wall assembly by Pneumocystis carinii. Evidence for a unique gsc-1 subunit mediating beta -1,3-glucan deposition. J Biol Chem 275(51):40628-34
Martin V, et al.  (2000) bgs2+, a sporulation-specific glucan synthase homologue is required for proper ascospore wall maturation in fission yeast. Mol Microbiol 38(2):308-21
Pereira M, et al.  (2000) Molecular cloning and characterization of a glucan synthase gene from the human pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Yeast 16(5):451-62
Arellano M, et al.  (1999) Schizosaccharomyces pombe protein kinase C homologues, pck1p and pck2p, are targets of rho1p and rho2p and differentially regulate cell integrity. J Cell Sci 112 ( Pt 20):3569-78
Liu J, et al.  (1999) Drc1p/Cps1p, a 1,3-beta-glucan synthase subunit, is essential for division septum assembly in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Genetics 153(3):1193-203
Thompson JR, et al.  (1999) A glucan synthase FKS1 homolog in cryptococcus neoformans is single copy and encodes an essential function. J Bacteriol 181(2):444-53
Zhao C, et al.  (1998) Temperature-induced expression of yeast FKS2 is under the dual control of protein kinase C and calcineurin. Mol Cell Biol 18(2):1013-22
Lai MH, et al.  (1997) Multiple copies of PBS2, MHP1 or LRE1 produce glucanase resistance and other cell wall effects in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 13(3):199-213
Shedletzky E, et al.  (1997) A microtiter-based fluorescence assay for (1,3)-beta-glucan synthases. Anal Biochem 249(1):88-93
Mazur P and Baginsky W  (1996) In vitro activity of 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase requires the GTP-binding protein Rho1. J Biol Chem 271(24):14604-9
Garrett-Engele P, et al.  (1995) Calcineurin, the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, is essential in yeast mutants with cell integrity defects and in mutants that lack a functional vacuolar H(+)-ATPase. Mol Cell Biol 15(8):4103-14
Inoue SB, et al.  (1995) Characterization and gene cloning of 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eur J Biochem 231(3):845-54
Mazur P, et al.  (1995) Differential expression and function of two homologous subunits of yeast 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase. Mol Cell Biol 15(10):5671-81
Douglas CM, et al.  (1994) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae FKS1 (ETG1) gene encodes an integral membrane protein which is a subunit of 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91(26):12907-11
Enderlin CS and Selitrennikoff CP  (1994) Cloning and characterization of a Neurospora crassa gene required for (1,3) beta-glucan synthase activity and cell wall formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91(20):9500-4
Kang MS and Cabib E  (1986) Regulation of fungal cell wall growth: a guanine nucleotide-binding, proteinaceous component required for activity of (1----3)-beta-D-glucan synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 83(16):5808-12
Kang MS, et al.  (1986) The effect of papulacandin B on (1----3)-beta-D-glucan synthetases. A possible relationship between inhibition and enzyme conformation. Carbohydr Res 149(1):13-21