Cloning of a cDNA fragment encoding part of the protein moiety of the 58-kDa fibrinogen-binding mannoprotein of Candida albicans

15 December 1997

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters

Vol. 157 (2) , 273-278
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(97)00486-2

Abstract

Immunoscreening of a Candida albicans expression library with antibodies against the 58 kDa fibrinogen-binding mannoprotein (mp58) of the fungus resulted in the isolation of clones encoding the protein moiety of this molecule. Sequence of the 0.9 kb cDNA of one of the clones selected for further analysis, revealed an open reading frame coding for 292 amino acids, which displays sequence similarity to proteins belonging to a family of immunodominant antigens of Aspergillus spp. The gene corresponding to this cDNA was named FBP1 (fibrinogen-binding protein). These results represent the first report on the identification of C. albicans genes encoding surface receptors for host proteins.

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