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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Structures of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, Tps1, from the fungal pathogen

Erica J Washington, Ye Zhou, Allen L Hsu, Matthew Petrovich, Jennifer L Tenor, Dena L Toffaletti, Ziqiang Guan, John R Perfect, Mario J Borgnia, Alberto Bartesaghi and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Cryptococcal nutrient acquisition and pathogenesis: dining on the host.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  8. Reconstruction and Analysis of a Genome-Scale Metabolic Model ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  9. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Erica J WashingtonDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710.ORCID 0000-0002-7503-6492
Ye ZhouDepartment of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708.ORCID 0000-0002-0489-3614
Allen L HsuGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.ORCID 0000-0003-2065-3802
Matthew PetrovichGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Jennifer L TenorDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710.ORCID 0000-0002-1463-7243
Dena L ToffalettiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710.ORCID 0000-0003-0195-2647
Ziqiang GuanDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710.ORCID 0000-0002-8082-3423
John R PerfectDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710.ORCID 0000-0002-8742-3676
Mario J BorgniaGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.ORCID 0000-0001-9159-1413
Alberto BartesaghiDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710.ORCID 0000-0002-7360-1523
Richard G BrennanDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710.ORCID 0000-0001-7647-485X

Funding

NIEHS Cryo-EM Core FacilityZICES103326 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BORGNIA, MARIO · 2017 to 2025
$17.0M
Trehalose Pathway for Antifungal Targets and InhibitorsP01AI104533 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI PERFECT, JOHN R. · 2015 to 2019
$9.0M
Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training ProgramT32AI052080 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREW ALSPAUGH, JOSEPH HEITMAN · 2003 to 2026
$8.7M
Evolution of Cryptococcus neoformans Strains from Patients with HIV/AIDSR01AI093257 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI PERFECT, JOHN R. · 2011 to 2022
$3.8M
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 1P01AI104533HHS | NIH | NIAID | Division of Intramural Research (DIR, NIAID) T32AI052080NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI104533NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093257NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI052080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive fungal diseases are a major threat to human health, resulting in more than 1.5 million annual deaths worldwide. The arsenal of antifungal therapeutics remains limited and is in dire need of drugs that target additional biosynthetic pathways that are absent from humans. One such pathway involves the biosynthesis of trehalose. Trehalose is a disaccharide that is required for pathogenic fungi to survive in their human hosts. In the first step of trehalose biosynthesis, trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (Tps1) converts UDP-glucose and glucose-6-phosphate to trehalose-6-phosphate. Here, we report the structures of full-length

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Antifungal AgentsCryptococcus neoformansGlucosyltransferasesTrehaloseCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayFungal ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularAntifungal AgentsFungal ProteinsGlucosyltransferasesTrehalosetrehalose-6-phosphate synthasebasidiomycetescryoelectron microscopyCryptococcusfungal pathogenstrehalose

Identifiers

PMID39083421
PMCPMC11317593

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