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Literature summary for 1.5.1.3 extracted from

  • DeJarnette, C.; Luna-Tapia, A.; Estredge, L.R.; Palmer, G.E.
    Dihydrofolate reductase is a valid target for antifungal development in the human pathogen Candida albicans (2020), mSphere, 5, e00374 .
    View publication on PubMedView publication on EuropePMC

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Candida albicans P22906
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
DFR1
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Candida albicans

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
physiological function DHFR is essential for growth in vitro. Nutritional supplements of most forms of folate are not sufficient to restore growth when DHFR expression is suppressed or when its activity is directly inhibited by methotrexate. A strain with doxycycline-repressible expression of DHFR is rendered avirulent in a mouse model of disseminated candidiasis upon doxycycline treatment Candida albicans