TABLE 1.
Sterol profile of untreated Candida albicans strains
| Sterol |
ERG3/ERG3
|
erg3Δ/Δ
|
Δ/PVPS21-ERG3
|
Δ/PYPT52-ERG3
|
Δ/PACT1-ERG3
|
Δ/PENO1-ERG3
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean(%) | SD | Mean(%) | SD | Mean(%) | SD | Mean(%) | SD | Mean(%) | SD | Mean(%) | SD | |
| Ergosta-8,22,24(28)-trienol | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| Ergosta-5,8,22,24(28)-tetraenol | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.5 | ||||
| Ergosta-5,8,22-trienol | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||
| Zymosterol | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | ||||
| Ergosta-8,22-dienol | 3.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Ergosta-8,22,24(28)-trienol | 3.1 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
| Ergosterol | 79.2 | 3.3 | 17.3 | 0.9 | 45.0 | 2.4 | 75.8 | 3.3 | 85.0 | 1.4 | ||
| Ergosta-7,22-dienol | 69.5 | 3.0 | 58.0 | 2.4 | 34.1 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 | ||||
| Ergosta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraenol | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Fecosterol (Ergosta-8,24(28)-dienol) | 0.9 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Ergosta-8-enol | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Ergosta-7,22,24(28)-trienol | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Ergosta-5,7,24(28)-trienol | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Ergosta-5,7-dienol | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | ||
| Episterol (Ergosta-7,24(28)-dienol) | 4.3 | 0.4 | 13.3 | 1.9 | 13.2 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Ergosta-7-enol | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||
| Lanosterol | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| 4 methyl ergosta-8,24(28)-dienol | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total C-5-desaturated sterols | 88.5 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 48.7 | 82.1 | 92.0 | ||||||