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A well-known virulence attribute of the human-pathogenic yeast is the secretion of aspartic proteases (Saps), which may contribute to colonization and infection of different host niches by degrading tissue barriers, destroying host defence molecules, or digesting proteins for nutrient supply. The role of individual Sap isoenzymes, which are encoded by a large gene family, for the pathogenicity of has been investigated by assessing the virulence of mutants lacking specific genes and by studying the expression pattern of the genes in various models of superficial and systemic infections. We used a recombination-based genetic reporter system to detect the induction of the genes during infection of reconstituted human vaginal epithelium. Only , but none of the other tested genes, was detectably activated in this infection model. To directly address the importance of the genes for invasion of reconstituted human epithelia (RHE), we constructed a set of mutants of the wild-type model strain SC5314 in which either single or multiple genes were specifically deleted. Even mutants lacking all of the or the genes displayed the same capacity to invade and damage both oral and vaginal RHE as their wild-type parental strain, in contrast to a nonfilamentous Δ mutant that was avirulent under these conditions. We therefore conclude from these results that the secreted aspartic proteases ap1pap6p are not required for invasion of RHE by .

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