Yeast ascospore wall assembly requires two chitin deacetylase isozymes

Authors
Christodoulidou, A Briza, P Ellinger, A Bouriotis, V
Citation
A. Christodoulidou et al., Yeast ascospore wall assembly requires two chitin deacetylase isozymes, FEBS LETTER, 460(2), 1999, pp. 275-279
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
FEBS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00145793 → ACNP
Volume
460
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
275 - 279
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(19991029)460:2<275:YAWART>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Chitin deacetylases are required for spore wall rigidity in Saccharomyces c erevisiae. Two chitin deacetylase genes (CDA1 and CDA2) have been identifie d in yeast. In this report we studied the biochemical properties of the chi tin deacetylases encoded by CDA1 and CDA2 and we show how their elimination directly affects the ascospore wall assembly. (C) 1999 Federation of Europ ean Biochemical Societies.