YWP1 — Candida albicans

Summary

C2_08590W_A (YWP1) in Candida albicans chromosome 2 encodes a protein containing a flocculin type 3 repeat domain. The gene is associated with cell-cell signaling, quorum sensing, germ tube formation, biofilm formation, cell adhesion, and adhesion of symbiont to host. It is linked to bioluminescence, seed germination, zinc import, phagocytosis, immune response, G1 phase, electron transport chain, cell wall biogenesis, and tube formation. The product localizes to the yeast-form and hyphal cell walls, the side of membrane, extracellular vesicles, and the fungal-type cell wall, and is also found cell-bound and extracellular. YWP1 is associated with relative growth rate and oxidative stress response.