Positive and negative effects of CaMCA1 deletion on stress sensitivity and virulence
Wilkinson, D.
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Metacaspases are cysteine proteases and are found in every group of organisms except animals. They are structural orthologs of caspases, which orchestrate apoptosis in animals. Caspases, metacaspases, paracaspases and orthocaspases are class C14 proteases with a similar active site (the hemoglobinase fold) and a catalytic cysteine residue. However, metacaspases cleave after arginine and lysine instead of aspartate and some researchers point out that a name ending with caspase is unsuitable. Also, most metacaspases are activated by calcium, they do not target the same proteins as caspases and they cut multiply instead of once. The Candida albicans metacaspase Mca1p mediates cell death in response to various stresses but also has pro-life functions. Many plant and protist metacaspases lack cell death roles and are involved in development, differentiation and immunity. This article highlights an interesting phenomenon, whereby the promotion of stress sensitivity and reduction of virulence, by Mca1p in C. albicans cells from exponential culture are abolished and reversed, respectively in cells from stationary-phase culture. This hints at the proteases's dual nature and at the conditions that might initiate a switch between pro-life and pro-death functions.
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