The isoprenyl chain length of coenzyme Q mediates the nutritional resistance of fungi to amoeba predation.

Nauman Saeed Vito Valiante Johann E Kufs Falk Hillmann

Published in: mBio (2024)

which lacks its own biosynthetic pathway for this vitamin. The amoebae were starving on a diet of CoQ6 yeasts which could be complemented by either the addition of longer CoQs or the genetic engineering of a CoQ9 biosynthetic pathway.

Keyphrases

physical activity
genome wide
gene expression
copy number
dna methylation
saccharomyces cerevisiae