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MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 1551-1560Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02976.x
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Efficient iron acquisition is an essential requirement for growth of pathogenic organisms in the iron-poor host environment. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae , high-affinity iron import depends on the multicopper ferroxidase ScFet3. ScFet3 biogenesis in the trans -Golgi compartment requires a copper-transporting P-type ATPase, ScCcc2. Here, we describe the isolation by functional complementation of a Ccc2 homologue from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans . CaCcc2 is functionally distinct from a previously described C. albicans copper-transporting P-type ATPase, CaCrp1, which appears to be specifically involved in copper detoxification. Regulation of CaCCC2 and the phenotype of the homozygous CaCCC2 deletion indicate that it is required for high-affinity iron import, making it the bona fide CCC2 homologue of C. albicans . Remarkably, in a mouse model of systemic infection, the Caccc2 Delta strain displayed robust proliferation and no significant reduction in pathogenicity, suggesting the existence of alternative mechanisms of iron uptake from host tissues. We identify haemin and haemoglobin as potential iron sources that can be used by C. albicans in a CaCcc2-independent manner.
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