The Fungal CYP51s: Their Functions, Structures, Related Drug Resistance, and Inhibitors

CYP51 (Erg11) belongs to the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (CYP) superfamily and mediates a crucial step of the synthesis of ergosterol, which is a fungal-specific sterol. It is also the target of azole drugs in clinical practice. In recent years, researches on fungal CYP51 have stepped into a new s...

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Main Authors: Jingxiang Zhang, Liping Li, Quanzhen Lv, Lan Yan, Yan Wang, Yuanying Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00691/full