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Table 3 Genes whose deletion causes enhanced resistance to caspofungin

From: Genomic profiling of fungal cell wall-interfering compounds: identification of a common gene signature

ORF

Gene

  

Functional group

Description

YBR105C

VID24

CR

carbohydrate metabolism

GID Complex regulatory subunit involved in response to glucose through interactions with complex member Vid28

YCL061C

MCR1

  

cell cycle

S-phase checkpoint protein required for DNA replication

YJL157C

FAR1

  

cell cycle

Inhibitor of Cdc28-Cln1 and Cdc28-Cln2 kinase complexes involved in cell cycle arrest for matin

YOR008C

SLG1

 

cell wall

Sensor-transducer of the stress-activated CWI kinase pathway involved in maintenance of cell wall integrity

YBR026C

ETR1

  

lipid metabolism

2-enoyl thioester reductase with a probable role in fatty acid synthesis

YBR036C

CSG2

CR

lipid metabolism

ER membrane protein required for mannosylation of inositol phosphorylceramide (sphingolipids biosynthesis)

YCR034W

ELO2

CR

lipid metabolism

Fatty acid elongase involved in sphingolipid biosynthesis

YGR263C

SAY1

  

lipid metabolism

Sterol deacetylase, component of the sterol acetylation/deacetylation cycle along with Atf2

YLR056W

ERG3

 

lipid metabolism

C-5 sterol desaturase, catalyzes the introduction of a C-5(6) double bond into episterol (ergosterol biosynthesis)

YLR372W

ELO3

CR

lipid metabolism

Elongase involved in fatty acid and sphingolipid biosynthesis

YNL156C

NSG2

  

lipid metabolism

Protein involved in regulation of sterol biosynthesis stabilizing Hmg2 protein

YPL057C

SUR1

CR

lipid metabolism

Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC) synthase catalytic subunit (sphingolipids biosynthesis)

YPL118W

MRP51

 

CR

mitochondrial

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein of the small subunit

YBR048W

RPS11B

  

protein metabolism

Protein component of the small (40S) ribosomal subunit

YBL075C

SSA3

  

stress

ATPase, member of the heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family, involved in protein folding and the response to stress

YNL080C

EOS1

 

stress

Protein involved in N-glycosylation

YOR061W

CKA2

CR

transcription

Alpha' catalytic subunit of casein kinase 2 (CK2) a Ser/Thr protein kinase with roles in cell growth and proliferation

YNL323W

LEM3

 

transport

Protein of the plasma membrane and ER involved in translocation of phospholipids across the plasma membrane

YBL029W

   

unknown

Non-essential protein of unknown function

YBR071W

   

unknown

Protein of unknown function, may be regulated by the cell cycle and/or cell wall stress

YDR360W

OPI7

  

unknown

Dubious open reading frame, partially overlaps verified gene VID21/YDR359C

YEL025C

   

unknown

Putative protein of unknown function

YOR024W

 

 

unknown

Dubious open reading frame

YOR118W

 

CR

unknown

Protein of unknown function

YPR038W

IRC16

  

unknown

Dubious open reading frame, partially overlaps verified gene ERV2/YPR037C

  1. Those deletion mutants that have been previously reported to be resistant to caspofungin are labeled with a black dot. CR indicates resistance to Congo red respect to the wild-type strain