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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 79, 期 21, 页码 6670-6676出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02642-13
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- Austrian Science Foundation [FWF P21643-B11]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 21643] Funding Source: researchfish
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P21643] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
The filamentous mold Aspergillus fumigatus causes invasive aspergillosis, a potentially life-threatening infectious disease, in humans. The sidE gene encodes a bimodular peptide synthetase and was shown previously to be strongly upregulated during initiation of murine lung infection. In this study, we characterized the two adenylation domains of SidE with the ATP-[P-32]pyrophosphate exchange assay in vitro, which identified fumarate and L-alanine, respectively, as the preferred substrates. Using full-length holo-SidE, fumarylalanine (FA) formation was observed in vitro. Furthermore, FA was identified in A. fumigatus culture supernatants under inducing conditions, unless sidE was genetically inactivated. As FA is structurally related to established pharmaceutical products exerting immunomodulatory activity, this work may contribute to our understanding of the virulence of A. fumigatus.
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