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Biosynthesis of wall components in yeast and filamentous fungi

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Microbial Cell Walls and Membranes

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In much the same way as the information available describing the biosynthesis of bacterial wall polymers has increased dramatically during the last decade, so a corresponding increase has occurred for the wall polymers of yeasts and other fungi. In view of its ready availability perhaps it is not surprising that much of this information concerns the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Less immediately obvious are the reasons underlying the relatively little information available concerning the biosynthesis of the glucans, undoubtedly the major structural polymers of the yeast wall. Thus, the detailed evidence available is concentrated on the biosynthesis of chitin, found in S. cerevisiae specifically as a component of the bud scar but as a major wall polymer in many other fungi, and on mannan, the immunodeterminant of the yeast wall. In the following sections, the biosynthesis of each of these polymers and of the glucans is considered, taking together evidence from both yeast and other fungi in an attempt to show both the similarities and differences in the various systems. Further details of the biosynthesis of fungal wall polymers are to be found in the reviews of Ballou [6, 7], Cabib [22] and Farkas [37].

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