Journal: Glycobiology
Article Title: Cryptococcus neoformans UGT1 encodes a UDP-Galactose/UDP-GalNAc transporter
doi: 10.1093/glycob/cww078
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cells lacking Ugt1 are more efficiently phagocytosed and killed by THP-1 cells than wild-type C. neoformans. (A) Phagocytic index (engulfed fungi/100 host cells) of strains grown in YPD (−/+ opsonization) or in inducing media (+ opsonization). (B) Survival of YPD-grown, opsonized fungi after internalization by THP-1 cells. Data are representative of three independent experiments performed with n = 3 (*, P < 0.01; **, P < 0.001).
Article Snippet: UGT1 was identified by BLASTP searches against C. neoformans predicted proteins (Broad Institute; C. neoformans var. grubii H99 database) using known UDP-galactose transporters from Schizosaccharomyces pombe ( {"type":"entrez-protein","attrs":{"text":"NP_588041","term_id":"19075541","term_text":"NP_588041"}} NP_588041 ), Arabidopsis thaliana ( {"type":"entrez-protein","attrs":{"text":"NP_565158.1","term_id":"18411611","term_text":"NP_565158.1"}} NP_565158.1 ), Caenorhabditis elegans ( {"type":"entrez-protein","attrs":{"text":"NP_001255676.1","term_id":"392901327","term_text":"NP_001255676.1"}} NP_001255676.1 ) and Homo sapiens ( {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NC_000023.11","term_id":"568815575","term_text":"NC_000023.11"}} NC_000023.11 ).
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