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The ambient pH signal transduction pathway in Aspergillus nidulans

ReferenceP05554
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Emeritus Professor Herbert Arst
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution Imperial College London
DepartmentDept of Medicine
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 67,091
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/04/1996
End date 01/03/1998
Duration23 months

Abstract

Previous work established that the N-terminal ~40% of the PacC transcription factor of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans mediates pH regulation of gene expression, activating expression of genes expressed predominantly at alkaline pH and preventing expression of genes expressed predominantly at acid pH. This proposal aims to complete the molecular characterisation of the six pal genes of the ambient pH signal transduction pathway whose action is necessary for conversion of PacC to its functional form and one of which we have shown to encode a cysteine protease. A secondary goal is mutational identification of the protease responsible for the final step of PacC processing.

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Committee Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
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