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Calcium signaling is involved in diverse cellular processes in fungi

Avishek Roy,*, Ajeet Kumar,*, Darshana Baruah,*, Ranjan Tamuli( )
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India

*These authors contributed equally to this article.

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Abstract

Calcium (Ca2+) is a universal signalling molecule of life. The Ca2+ signalling is an evolutionarily conserved process from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Ca2+ at high concentration is deleterious to the cell; therefore, cell maintains a low resting level of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c). The resting [Ca2+]c is tightly regulated, and a transient increase of the [Ca2+]c initiates a signalling cascade in the cell. Ca2+ signalling plays an essential role in various processes, including growth, development, reproduction, tolerance to stress conditions, and virulence in fungi. In this review, we describe the evolutionary aspects of Ca2+ signalling and cell functions of major Ca2+ signalling proteins in different fungi.

Keywords

fungiCalcium signallingcalcineurin-Crz1 pathwayCa2+ transportercalmodulin and NCS-1phospholipase

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DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2020.1785962
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Roy A, Kumar A, Baruah D, et al. Calcium signaling is involved in diverse cellular processes in fungi. Mycology, 2021, 12(1): 10-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2020.1785962

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Received: 31 December 2019
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Published: 14 July 2020
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