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Abstract

The opportunistic fungal pathogen has the ability to exploit diverse host environments and can either reside commensally or cause disease. In order to adapt to its new environment it must respond to new physical conditions, nutrient sources, and the host immune response. This requires the co-regulation of multiple signalling networks. The 14-3-3 family of proteins is highly conserved in all eukaryotic species. These proteins regulate signalling pathways involved in cell survival, the cell cycle, and differentiation, and effect their functions via interactions with phosphorylated serines/threonines. In there is only one 14-3-3 protein, Bmh1p, and it is required for vegetative growth and optimal filamentation. In order to dissect separate functions of Bmh1p in , site-directed nucleotide substitutions were made in the gene based on studies in other species. Putative temperature-sensitive, ligand-binding and dimerization mutants were constructed. In addition two mutant strains identified through random mutagenesis were analysed. All five mutant strains demonstrated varying defects in growth and filamentation. This paper begins to segregate functions of Bmh1p that are required for optimal growth and the different filamentation pathways. These mutant strains will allow the identification of 14-3-3 target interactions and correlate the individual functions of Bmh1p to cellular processes involved in pathogenesis.

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