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ArticleCell biochemistry and biophysics2025

Impact of ERG6 Gene Deletion on Membrane Composition and Properties in the Pathogenic Yeast Candida glabrata.

J Jacko, M Morvová, N Tóth Hervay, D Eliaš, Y Gbelská, I Waczulíková, D Gášková, M Balážová, L Šikurová

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Article in Cell biochemistry and biophysics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Ergosterol from Yeasts PromotesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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J JackoDepartment of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia. juraj.jacko@fmph.uniba.sk.
M MorvováDepartment of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
N Tóth HervayDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
D EliašDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Y GbelskáDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
I WaczulíkováDepartment of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
D GáškováInstitute of Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czechia.
M BalážováCentre for Biosciences SAS, Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of Animals SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia.
L ŠikurováDepartment of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Funding

Agentúra na Podporu Výskumu a Vývoja APVV-22-0264, APVV-22-0154, APVV-19-0094Slovenská Akadémia Vied SAS-NSTC-JRP-2023-04Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave UK/59/2021, UK/126/2022, UK/28/2023Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV VEGA 1/0388/22, VEGA2/0016/23
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ERG6 gene is crucial for the biosynthesis of ergosterol, a key component of yeast cell membranes. Our study examines the impact of ERG6 gene deletion on the membrane composition and physicochemical properties of the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata. Specifically, we investigated changes in selected sterol content, phospholipid composition, transmembrane potential, and PDR16 gene activity. Sterol levels were measured using high-performance liquid chromatography, the phospholipid profile was analysed via thin-layer chromatography, transmembrane potential was assessed with fluorescence spectroscopy, and gene expression levels were determined by quantitative PCR. Our findings revealed a depletion of ergosterol, increased zymosterol and eburicol content, an increased phosphatidylcholine and a reduced phosphatidylethanolamine content in the Δerg6 strain compared to the wt. Additionally, the Δerg6 strain exhibited membrane hyperpolarization without changes in PDR16 expression. Furthermore, the Δerg6 strain showed increased sensitivity to the antifungals myriocin and aureobasidine A. These results suggest that ERG6 gene deletion leads to significant alterations in membrane composition and may activates an alternative ergosterol synthesis pathway in the C. glabrata Δerg6 deletion mutant.

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Candida glabrataCell MembraneFungal ProteinsGene DeletionAntifungal AgentsErgosterolGene Expression Regulation, FungalMembrane PotentialsPhospholipidsAntifungal AgentsErgosterolFungal ProteinsPhospholipidsCandida glabrataEburicolERG6ErgosterolPhospholipidsTransmembrane potential

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PMID39477913
PMCPMC12089240

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