title: Molecular cloning of Aspergillus fumigatus CgrA, the ortholog of a conserved fungal nucleolar protein.
abstract: In this report we describe the cloning of cgrA, the Aspergillus fumigatus ortholog of the yeast nucleolar protein Cgr1p. The cgrA complementary DNA (cDNA) contains a single open reading frame that would encode a protein of 114 amino acids that has 42% sequence identity to yeast Cgrlp. Heterologous expression of a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged A. fumigatus cgrA gene demonstrated that the CgrA protein could localize to the yeast nucleolus. Moreover, the cgrA cDNA complemented the growth deficiency caused by inducible depletion of intracellular Cgr1p levels in yeast. These results support an orthologous relationship between the CgrA and Cgr1 proteins, and open the way for future studies into the potential value of nucleolar proteins as antifungal targets.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ohio 45267-0529, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boettner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huebner
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Askew
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: C433726:CGRA protein, Aspergillus fumigatus; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins