Taxonomic group: fungi / Ascomycota
(Phylum: Ascomycota)
Organ / tissue: cell wall
Publication DOI: 10.1002/biuz.201610599Journal NLM ID: 9201874Publisher: Weinheim: Wiley-VCH
Correspondence: Kothe E <erika.kothe
uni-jena.de>
Institutions: Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Within the domain of Eukarya, the fungi form a seperate kingdom. The typical formation of branched mycelia from single hyphae is based on cell wall production at the growing hyphal tip. There, excretory vesicle fuse with the membrane releasing cell wall synthesis enzymes like chitin synthase forming the polymer of N-acetyl glucosamin, the backbone of fungal cell walls. In addition, glucan synthases form the structural component β-1,3-glucan. Via β-1,6-glucan, cell wall proteins can be linked to the maturing cell wall, and α-1,3-glucan can form a matrix within the cell wall, but also a slimy matrix secreted into the medium. A layer of hydrophobins allows for growth into the air, but also facilitates formation of macroscopic structures like mushrooms.
cell wall, glucan, fungi, chitin
Structure type: homopolymer
Location inside paper: p. 245, ABB. 2 (Chitin), p. 246
Trivial name: chitin
Compound class: O-polysaccharide, cell wall polysaccharide, glucan, polysaccharide, chitin
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_135813,IEDB_137340,IEDB_141807,IEDB_151531,IEDB_153212,IEDB_241099,IEDB_423114,IEDB_423150,SB_74,SB_85
Enzymes that release or process the structure: chitin synthase
Comments, role: review in German
Related record ID(s): 40517, 41610, 41614, 42637, 42639, 42640, 43385, 44855, 44889, 44925, 139821, 149428, 149871, 149874, 149876
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 4932Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G97099AY, CCSD:
46067, CBank-STR:5851, GenDB:KF905651
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(previously named: Saccharomyces capensis, Saccharomyces italicus, Saccharomyces oviformis, Candida robusta)