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Genetics, Vol. 164, 487-499, June 2003, Copyright © 2003

The G-Protein {alpha}-Subunit GasC Plays a Major Role in Germination in the Dimorphic Fungus Penicillium marneffei

Sophie Zubera, Michael J. Hynesa, and Alex Andrianopoulosa
a Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, 3010 Victoria, Australia

Corresponding author: Alex Andrianopoulos, University of Melbourne, 3010 Victoria, Australia., alex.a{at}unimelb.edu.au (E-mail)

Communicating editor: M. S. SACHS

The opportunistic human pathogen Penicillium marneffei exhibits a temperature-dependent dimorphic switch. At 25°, multinucleate, septate hyphae that can undergo differentiation to produce asexual spores (conidia) are produced. At 37° hyphae undergo arthroconidiation to produce uninucleate yeast cells that divide by fission. This work describes the cloning of the P. marneffei gasC gene encoding a G-protein {alpha}-subunit that shows high homology to members of the class III fungal G{alpha}-subunits. Characterization of a {Delta}gasC mutant and strains carrying a dominant-activating gasCG45R or a dominant-interfering gasCG207R allele show that GasC is a crucial regulator of germination. A {Delta}gasC mutant is severely delayed in germination, whereas strains carrying a dominant-activating gasCG45R allele show a significantly accelerated germination rate. Additionally, GasC signaling positively affects the production of the red pigment by P. marneffei at 25° and negatively affects the onset of conidiation and the conidial yield, showing that GasC function overlaps with functions of the previously described G{alpha}-subunit GasA. In contrast to the S. cerevisiae ortholog Gpa2, our data indicate that GasC is not involved in carbon or nitrogen source sensing and plays no major role in either hyphal or yeast growth or in the switch between these two forms.





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