Candida albicans estrogen-binding protein gene encodes an oxidoreductase that is inhibited by estradiol.
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 91 (3) , 922-926
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.3.922
Abstract
Candida albicans, the most common fungal pathogen of humans, possesses an estrogen-binding protein (EBP) that binds mammalian estrogens with high affinity. We report here the cloning and complete nucleotide sequence of a gene encoding a C. albicans EBP. Amino acid sequences obtained from cyanogen bromide fragments of purified EBP were used to design oligonucleotide primers for PCR. An 800-bp product was amplified and used to screen a C. albicans genomic library. A clone was isolated containing an insert with an open reading frame of 1221 nt capable of encoding a protein with 407 amino acids and having a calculated molecular mass of 46,073 Da, the estimated size of EBP. The cloned gene, expressed in Escherichia coli as a lacZ fusion protein, demonstrated high-affinity binding for estradiol and a competition profile comparable to C. albicans wild-type EBP. Northern blots of C. albicans RNA revealed a single transcript of approximately 1600 nt, whereas Southern blots identified three hybridizing fragments. Computer searches of data bases showed that EBP shares a 46% amino acid identity with the old yellow enzyme, an oxidoreductase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but was unrelated to the human estrogen receptor as previously speculated. In addition, a 51-amino acid region of EBP is highly conserved among a group of flavoproteins including old yellow enzyme. Expressed EBP was shown to exhibit oxidoreductase activity that could be inhibited by 17 beta-estradiol in vitro. In conclusion, the EBP from C. albicans has no evident homology to the mammalian steroid receptor superfamily but appears to be a member of a recently identified family of flavoproteins.Keywords
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