Debany Marlen Valdez Rodríguez

Ms. Debany Marlen Valdez Rodríguez

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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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23 May 2023 in Journal of Fungi
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KLKatia Jamileth Gonzalez Lozano
Katia Jamileth Gonzalez Lozano
EAElva Aréchiga-Carvajal
Elva Aréchiga-Carvajal
ZJZacarías Jiménez-Salas
Zacarías Jiménez-Salas
DRDebany Marlen Valdez Rodríguez
Debany Marlen Valdez Rodríguez
CLClaudia Geraldine León-Ramírez
Claudia Geraldine León-Ramírez
ECEduardo Campos-Góngora
Eduardo Campos-Góngora
Yarrowia lipolytica is a dimorphic fungus used as a model organism to investigate diverse biotechnological and biological processes, such as cell differentiation, heterologous protein production, and bioremediation strategies. However, little is known about the biological processes responsible for cation concentration homeostasis. Metals play pivotal roles in critical biochemical processes, and some are toxic at unbalanced intracellular concentrations. Membrane transport proteins control intracellular cation concentrations. Analysis of the Y. lipolytica genome revealed a characteristic functional domain of the cation efflux protein family, i.e., YALI0F19734g, which encodes YALI0F19734p (a putative Yl-Dmct protein), which is related to divalent metal cation tolerance. We report the in silico analysis of the putative Yl-Dmct protein’s characteristics and the phenotypic response to divalent cations (Ca2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, and Zn2+) in the presence of mutant strains, Δdmct and Rdmct, constructed by deletion and reinsertion of the DMCT gene, respectively. The absence of the Yl-Dmct protein induces cellular and growth rate changes, as well as dimorphism differences, when calcium, copper, iron, and zinc are added to the cultured medium. Interestingly, the parental and mutant strains were able to internalize the ions. Our results suggest that the protein encoded by the DMCT gene is involved in cell development and cation homeostasis in Y. lipolytica.