The ARG5,6 gene from the dimorphic fungus Candida albicans was cloned by functional complementation of the arginine auxotrophy present in strain EL2 (Arg-) using a gene library constructed in the double autonomously replicating sequence vector pRM1. Sequence analysis revealed a putative 857 amino acid polypeptide (95 kDa) which showed high homology (63% protein identity) to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ARG5,6 gene. Similarly to the S. cerevisiae gene, the C. albicans ARG5,6 gene is responsible for both the acetylglutamate kinase and acetylglutamyl-phosphate reductase activities, the second and third steps of arginine biosynthesis at the mitochondria. The C. albicans ARG5,6 gene complemented the arg6 mutation present in S. cerevisiae (strain D160-4D) on a yeast episomal plasmid using its own regulatory signals. A set of non-integrative high-efficiency plasmid vectors based on this gene marker was constructed and a null C. albicans arg5,6 delta strain was obtained using the common URA3-blaster strategy. In addition, we generated an arg5,6 delta null mutant in a single transformation event, thus improving the basic strategy for generating gene deletions in C. albicans.

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Negredo A, Monteoliva L, Gil C, Pla J, Nombela C

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