Fungal β(1,3)-d-glucan synthesis

By C. Douglas. 2001

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The Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function (2017, background): “%) with all known Fks proteins (48).”
The cell wall: a carbohydrate armour for the fungal cell (2007, background): “…are encoded by these species (Merzendorfer, 2006). b1,3 glucans are also synthesized by a plasma membrane-bound protein complex that uses UDPglucose on its intracellular side as a substrate and extrudes linear b1,3 glucan chains through the membrane into the cell wall space (Douglas, 2001).”
ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) and their antifungal activity against coffee fungus Erythricium salmonicolor (2017, background): “…control or inhibit synthesis of the enzymes of chitin and glucan, taking as reference the knowledge of classic antifungal inhibitors of glucan (Douglas 2001; Romero et al. 2005) and chitin (Gongora 2002; Merzendorfer 2006) synthesis, paying special attention to the peculiarities of the…”
Regulation of Cell Wall Biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The Cell Wall Integrity Signaling Pathway (2011, background): “Although echinocandin-resistant mutations map to the Fks1 protein (Douglas 2001), strongly suggesting that this class of agents targets the GS catalytic subunit, it is not yet clear how echinocandins inhibit GS activity.”