Sporulation: A response to starvation in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

H Ohtsuka, K Imada, T Shimasaki, H Aiba - MicrobiologyOpen, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe employs two main strategies to adapt to the
environment and survive when starved for nutrients. The strategies employ sporulation via …

Mechanobiology of the cell wall–insights from tip-growing plant and fungal cells

C Municio-Diaz, E Muller, S Drevensek… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The cell wall (CW) is a thin and rigid layer encasing the membrane of all plant and fungal
cells. It ensures mechanical integrity by bearing mechanical stresses derived from large …

Bacillus subtilis KLBMPGC81 suppresses appressorium-mediated plant infection by altering the cell wall integrity signaling pathway and multiple cell biological …

L Li, Y Li, K Lu, R Chen, J Jiang - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most destructive crop pathogens in the world, causing
huge losses in rice harvest every year. Bacillus subtilis is a potential biocontrol agent that …

Low‐Molecular Weight Compounds that Extend the Chronological Lifespan of Yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Schizosaccharomyces pombe

H Ohtsuka, T Shimasaki, H Aiba - Advanced Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Yeast is an excellent model organism for research for regulating aging and lifespan, and the
studies have made many contributions to date, including identifying various factors and …

Regulators of rDNA array morphology in fission yeast

AJ Cockrell, JJ Lange, C Wood, M Mattingly… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Nucleolar morphology is a well-established indicator of ribosome biogenesis activity that
has served as the foundation of many screens investigating ribosome production. Missing …

Unraveling the cryptic functions of mitogen-activated protein kinases Cpk2 and Mpk2 in Cryptococcus neoformans

YB Jang, JY Kim, YS Bahn - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are fundamental to the regulation of
biological processes in eukaryotic organisms. The basidiomycete Cryptococcus …

A strategy for the investigation of toxic mechanisms and protection by efflux pumps using Schizosaccharomyces pombe strains: Application to rotenone

C Álvarez-Herrera, S Maisanaba… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects not related with the inhibition of complex I of the mitochondrial electron
transport chain are studied in S. pombe, which lacks it. This study aims: First, the use of a …

Negative regulation of APC/C activation by MAPK-mediated attenuation of Cdc20Slp1 under stress

L Sun, X Chen, C Song, W Shi, L Liu, S Bai, X Wang… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Mitotic anaphase onset is a key cellular process tightly regulated by multiple kinases. The
involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in this process has been …

Pck2 association with the plasma membrane and efficient response of the cell integrity pathway require regulation of PI4P homeostasis by exomer

E Moscoso-Romero, S Moro, A Duque… - Open …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Exomer is a protein complex that facilitates trafficking between the Golgi and the plasma
membrane (PM). Schizosaccharomyces pombe exomer is composed of Cfr1 and Bch1, and …

MAPK-dependent control of mitotic progression in S. pombe

AB Iglesias-Romero, T Soto, I Flor-Parra, S Salas-Pino… - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Background Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) preserve cell homeostasis by
transducing physicochemical fluctuations of the environment into multiple adaptive …