摘要:
It becomes possible to screen a compound inhibiting the transportation of a GPI anchor protein into fungal cell wall by a convenient method of assaying transacylation to GlcN-PI with the use of a membrane fraction expressing a GWT1 protein. By inhibiting the process of transporting the GPI anchor protein into cell wall, a novel antifungal agent, which inhibits the synthesis of fungal cell wall and, at the same time, inhibits adhesion to host cells, can be designed.
摘要:
A reporter system reflecting the transport process of GPI anchor protein to cell wall is constructed and a compound inhibiting this process is found out. Further, a gene imparting tolerance to the above compound is identified and a method of screening a compound inhibiting the activity of the protein encoded by this gene is developed. Thus, it is clarified by the novel compound that antifungal agents depending on a novel mechanism, wherein the transport process of GPI anchor protein to cell wall is inhibited, are available.