title: Sequence and transcript analysis of the C. albicans URA3 gene encoding orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase.
abstract: The human pathogen Candida albicans grows either as a yeast or in filamentous form. We have determined the sequence of a 1.365 kb genomic C. albicans fragment that complements Saccharomyces cerevisiae ura3 and Escherichia coli pyrF mutations. An open reading frame within this fragment corresponds to a protein of 270 amino acids that shows homology to orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylases (ODCases) of other fungal species. The C. albicans ODCase is most closely related to the ODCases of the budding yeasts Kluyveromyces lactis and S. cerevisiae (74% and 71% homology, respectively). Most 5' ends of URA3 transcripts in the authentic host and in the heterologous host S. cerevisiae were found to be identical. These results demonstrate a close taxonomic relationship between non-pathogenic budding yeasts and C. albicans.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Biology, Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Losberger
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000235:genetics*; D007716:Kluyveromyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009964:Orotidine-5'-Phosphate Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; D009964:Orotidine-5'-Phosphate Decarboxylase