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O desenvolvimento dos órgãos vegetativos e florais das angiospermas depende da ação combinada e finamente regulada de eventos de proliferação e expansão celular. Estudar os genes envolvidos com a regulação destes processos permite ampliar nossa compreensão sobre o desenvolvimento da flor, de seus diferentes órgãos, do processo reprodutivo como um todo, além de permitir produzir modificações de interesse econômico. Um gene codificando uma proteína da família F-box foi identificado na biblioteca TOBEST de cDNAs de estigma/estilete de N. tabacum (Quiapim et al., 2009; Abbad, 2012). A maioria das proteínas F-box pertence ao complexo SCF (formado principalmente pelas proteínas SKP1, CUL1 e F-box), participando da marcação de proteínas alvo para a degradação pela via ubiquitina-proteassomo. O gene identificado no TOBEST demonstrou expressão preferencial nos órgãos florais e foi denominado FEF1 (Flower Expressed F-box 1). Plantas de silenciamento e superexpressão deste gene indicaram alterações no tamanho dos órgãos florais, incluindo o pistilo, foco principal de estudo em nosso laboratório (Abbad, 2012). O screening de duplo-híbrido de uma biblioteca de cDNAs de estigma/estilete de N. tabacum identificou a interação com uma SKP1, indicando que a FEF1 poderia atuar junto ao complexo SCF (Abbad, 2012). No presente trabalho foram realizadas análises macroscópicas e microscópicas em pistilos de plantas transgênicas da geração T1, que permitiram: 1) verificar a estabilidade dos transgenes e das alterações fenotípicas na descendência; 2) quantificar e analisar estatisticamente as alterações de tamanho do pistilo; e 3) verificar as alterações em nível celular, que resultaram nas alterações do tamanho do pistilo, ocorridas nas plantas transgênicas. As plantas de silenciamento apresentaram redução estatisticamente significativa do comprimento de pistilos e da largura dos ovários. As análises histológicas permitiram verificar que ocorreu a redução da proliferação celular na zona secretória do estigma e no parênquima do ovário destas plantas. Por outro lado, as plantas de superexpressão demonstraram aumento estatisticamente significativo do comprimento dos pistilos e da largura de estigmas e ovários. Nestas plantas, foi verificado o aumento do número de células na zona secretória do estigma e parênquima do ovário. A interação entre FEF1 e a SKP1 foi confirmada em experimento de BiFC (Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation), corroborando a participação dessa F-box no complexo SCF. A interação entre estas proteínas ocorre no citoplasma das células vegetais, indicando que este é o local de atuação de FEF1. A participação no complexo SCF confere a essa F-box o papel de seleção dos alvos a serem poliubiquitinados pelo complexo. A análise de candidatos do screening revelou três novos parceiros de interação de FEF1, todos fatores de transcrição da classe I da família TCP, relacionados com a regulação da proliferação celular. Estas proteínas são candidatas à degradação no proteassomo, sinalizada pela marcação promovida pelo complexo SCFFEF1. Deste modo, propomos que a FEF1 desempenhe uma função na regulação do desenvolvimento e do tamanho final dos órgãos florais, mais especificamente do pistilo, através da regulação dos níveis de fatores de transcrição, como as TCPs aqui encontradas, envolvidas com o controle da proliferação celular. / Angiosperms vegetative and flowering organs development depends on a combined influence of finely regulated events of cell proliferation and expansion. The study of genes involved with the regulation of this processes allows the expansion of our knowledge about the flower and its organs development, of the reproductive process and allows the production of modifications of economic interest. One gene coding for an F-box family protein was identified in the TOBEST stigma/style cDNA library of N. tabacum (Quiapim et al., 2009; Abbad, 2012). The majority of F-box proteins belong to the SCF (mainly composed of the SKP1, CUL1 and F-box proteins) complex, participating in the signalization of target proteins for degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The gene identified on TOBEST presented preferential expression on the floral organs and was named FEF1 (Flower Expressed F-box 1). Transgenic plants silencing and overexpressing this gene indicated alteration of the floral organs, including the pistil, the main focus of study in our laboratory (Abbad, 2012). A yeast two-hybrid screening of a N. tabacum stigma/style cDNA library revealed the interaction with a SKP1 protein, indicating that FEF1 possibly functions with the SCF complex (Abbad, 2012). In the present work macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the pistils of T1 generation of transgenic plants were performed, which allowed us to: 1) Confirm the transgene and phenotypic stability through generations; 2) Quantify and statistically analyze the size alterations on the pistils; 3) Analyze the cellular modifications that produced the pistils size alterations observed in the transgenic plants. The plants silencing FEF1 presented a statistically significant reduction of the pistil length and ovary width. Histological analysis allowed the observation that a reduction in cell proliferation occurred in the secretory zone of the stigma and in the ovary parenchyma. On the other hand, overexpression plants presented statistically significant enlargement of pistil length and of stigma and ovary width. In these plants it was observed an increase in cell number in the stigma secretory zone and ovary parenchyma. The interaction between FEF1 and SKP1 was confirmed on a BiFC (Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation), reinforcing the participation of this F-box protein in the SCF complex. The interaction between these proteins was observed to occur in the cytoplasm of plant cells, indicating that this is the cellular compartment of FEF1 action. The participation in the SCF complex confers this F-box the role of selecting targets for polyubiquitination by the complex. The analysis of candidates of the screening revealed three new interaction partners of FEF1, all of them transcription factors of the class I TCP family, related to the regulation of cell proliferation. These proteins are candidates for degradation by the proteasome, signalized by the polyubiquitination promoted by the SCFFEF1 complex. We propose that FEF1 has a role in the regulation of the development and final size of the floral organs, particularly the pistil, by regulation the levels of transcription factors like the TCPs here revealed, involved with the control of cell proliferation.

Der humane Stammzellfaktor (SCF) ist ein zentraler Wachstumsfaktor für Mastzellen in der Dermis und für Melanozyten in den Basalzellschichten der Epidermis. Er wird u. a. von Keratinozyten produziert. In dieser Arbeit wurde die mögliche Regulation der Expression von SCF aus Keratinozyten durch All-Trans-Retinsäure (RA) und Dexamethason in vitro an Hand der HaCaT-Zelllinie untersucht. Die HaCaT-Zellen wurden mit den beiden o. g. Substanzen (10 hoch -5 M bis 10 hoch -9 M) über 24 Stunden und 11 Tage inkubiert. Die Auswertung der HaCaT-Zellzahl, des Gesamt-Proteins SCF, dessen Splicevarianten (mSCF, sSCF) und der Rezeptoren von RA (RAR-alpha, -beta, -gamma) und von Dexamethason (GR-alpha, -beta) erfolgte mittels ELISA und RT-PCR. Dabei ergaben sich folgende Resultate: RA bewirkt einen Anstieg von SCF, Dexamethason bewirkt bei Kurzinkubation eine deutliche Zunahme von SCF, bei Dauerinkubation einen starken Abfall. Die RA-Rezeptoren RA-alpha und -gamma waren nach Inkubation mit RA verstärkt nachzuweisen; die Glukokortikoid-Rezeptoren GR-alpha und -beta zeigten nach Inkubation mit Dexamethason ebenfalls eine vermehrte Expression. Die Expression des Mastzellwachstumsfaktors SCF könnte deshalb unter physiologischen, pathologischen und therapeutischen Bedingungen durch Retinoide und Glukokortikoide reguliert sein. / The human stem cell factor (SCF) is a crucial growth factor for mast cells in the dermis and for the melanocytes in the basal layers of the epidermis. SCF is produced, among others, by keratinocytes. This study examines the possible regulation of the expression of SCF from keratinocytes by all-trans retinoic acid (RA) and dexamethasone in vitro by the keratinocyte cell line HaCaT. The HaCaT-cells were incubated for 24 hours or 11 days, respectively, with one of the above mentioned substances (10 to the power of -5 M to 10 to the power of -9 M). The analysis of the number of HaCaT-cells, of the total SCF protein, its splice variants (mSCF, sSCF), the receptors of RA (RAR-alpha, -beta, -gamma), and of the dexamethasone (GR-alpha, -beta) was done by ELISA and RT-PCR. The following results were found: RA induces an increase of SCF, dexamethasone at a short incubation period a considerable increase of SCF, and at long-term incubation a strong decrease. The RA-receptors RA-alpha und -gamma expression is increased after incubation with RA, and the glucocorticoid-receptors GR-alpha and -beta after the incubation with dexamethasone. Therefore, it is probable that the increase of the mast cell growth factor SCF under physiological, pathological and therapeutic conditions could be regulated by retinoic acid and glucocorticoids.

Dans une première partie, la structure électronique de deux membres de la famille des Analogues de Bleu de Prusse (ABP) a été inspectée à l'aide de méthodes basées sur la fonction d'onde. Dans l'ABP NiFe, un changement du couplage magnétique a été mis en évidence lors d'une déformation structurale locale. Basé sur les résultats obtenus pour l'ABP CoFe, un rôle clé dans le processus photomagnétique observé dans ce matériau est attribué aux lacunes cristallines. Dans une deuxième partie, un développement méthodologique a été mené jusqu'à l'implémentation de la méthode FRACCIS (FRAgmented Contracted Configuration Interaction of Single excitations). Elle permet de concentrer l'effort numérique sur un petit nombre de déterminants physiquement importants. De plus, elle constitue un outil d'analyse pour mesurer l'importance de certaines excitations dans le système inspecté. L'application à (H2)2 et C4H6 montre qu'une réduction majeure de l'espace d'IC est possible en gardant une bonne précision par rapport aux valeurs de référence. Ce travail contribue aux efforts vers l'analyse rationnelle de la corrélation électronique. / In the first part, the electronic structure of two members of the family of Prussian Blue Analogues (PBA) has been inspected using wave function-based methods. The NiFe PBA exhibits a change of the magnetic coupling under a local structural deformation. Based on the results obtained for the CoFe PBA, a key role in the photomagnetic process observed in this material is attributed to the crystal vacancies. In a second part, a methodological development has been carried out and has lead to the implementation of the FRACCIS method (FRAgmented Contracted Configuration Interaction of Single excitations). It allows to concentrate the numerical effort on a small number of physically relevant determinants. Furthermore, it constitutes an analysis tool to measure the importance of certain excitations in the inspected system. The application to (H2)2 et C4H6 shows that a major reduction of the CI space is possible while keeping good accuracy with respect to reference values. This work contributes to the efforts towards a rational analysis of electronic correlation.

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Les modifications post-traductionnelles des protéines constituent un niveau crucial de régulation de l’expression des gènes. Parmi elles, la conjugaison peptidique impliquant l’ubiquitine intervient entre autre dans la régulation de la stabilité protéique. La fixation de ce peptide de 76 acides aminés, extrêmement conservé, sous forme de chaîne de polyubiquitine, nécessite l’intervention de trois enzymes (E1, E2 et E3) et constitue un signal de dégradation de la protéine ainsi modifiée. Cette voie de régulation intervient dans de très nombreux processus biologiques. Les complexes SCF sont impliqués dans la voie de protéolyse ciblée. Ils représentent l' une des classes les plus fréquentes d'ubiquitine ligase E3 et ils sont composés de quatre sous-unités (Rbx, Cullin, SKP1, et F-box). La structure et la fonction des complexes SCF, ont été étudiées chez la levure, l’Homme et la plante modèle A. thaliana. Cependant, peu de travaux ont été réalisés chez des plantes cultivées, en particulier les céréales, telles que le blé. Cinq gènes codant pour la sous-unité Skp1 (TSK1, TSK3, TSK6, TSK11 et TSK16), cinq gènes codant pour la sous-unité F-box (ZTL, ATFBL5, EBF, TIR1 et ABA-T), un gène codant pour la sous-unité Cullin1 et un gène codant pour la protéine RBX du complexe SCF du blé, ont été isolés et clonés. Les différents tests d’interaction entre les quatre sous-unités du complexe SCF ont été réalisés par la méthode du double-hybride dans la levure en utilisant la technologie Gateway. Ces études ont montré que les deux protéines, TSK1 et TSK3, fixent spécifiquement différentes sous-unités F-box. Parallèlement, nous avons montré que la protéine TSK11 représente une structure particulière. Des études d’insertion/délétion sur la protéine TSK11 ont permis d’identifier un nouveau domaine indispensable à l’interaction. Les analyses par PCR semi-quantitative des différents gènes codant pour la sous-unité Skp1, dans trois tissus différents (feuille tige et racine), ont mis en évidence une expression constitutive des gènes TSK3, TSK6 et TSK11. Tandis que les gènes TSK1 et TSK16 sont exprimés préférentiellement dans les racines. Les analyses par PCR semi-quantitative sur des plantules de blé à différents stades de développement, ont mis en évidence une surexpression du gène TSK11 au moment de la floraison. Ce qui suggère que TSK11 est probablement un équivalent fonctionnel d’ASK1 chez Arabidopsis thaliana. / The selective degradation of proteins is an important means of regulating gene expression and plays crucial roles in the control of various cellular processes. The Ubiquitin (Ub)–Proteasome System (UPS) is the principal non-lysosomal proteolytic pathway in eukaryotic cells and is required for the degradation of key regulatory proteins. Ubiquitin is a 76-residue protein that can be attached covalently to target proteins through an enzymatic conjugation cascade involving three enzymes denoted, E1, E2 and E3.The SCF complex is a type of ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3) that acts as the specific factor responsible for substrate recognition and ubiquitination. Some polyubiquitinated proteins are then targeted to the 26S proteasome for degradation. The SCF complex consists of four components including SKP1, Cullin1, Rbx1 and a large gene family of F-box proteins. Twenty one SKP1-related genes have been described in the Arabidopsis genome and some of these genes have been analyzed genetically. By contrast, little is known about the function and structure of SKP1 homologues in wheat. Some of the Triticum SKP1-related protein (TSKs) have been characterized in this study. Five complete sequences of SKP1 (TSK1, TSK3, TSK6, TSK11 and TSK16), five F-box (ZTL, ATFBL5, EBF, TIR1 and ABA-T), one Cullin1 and one Rbx, were successfully cloned and biochemically characterized. Yeast two-hybrid analysis showed that TSK1 and TSK3 are capable of interacting with different F-box proteins. Furthermore, TSK11 contains an additional domain that changed its interaction capabilities. In vitro analysis using a chimeric protein showed that this additional domain could modify the interaction between a SKP-like protein and two F-box proteins. Expression analyses revealed that TSK1 and TSK16 were expressed predominantly in roots. While, TSK3, TSK6 and TSK11 were expressed in several wheat organs. In addition, the TSK11 was up-regulated in the leaves at the flowering stage.

O desenvolvimento dos órgãos vegetativos e florais das angiospermas depende da ação combinada e finamente regulada de eventos de proliferação e expansão celular. Estudar os genes envolvidos com a regulação destes processos permite ampliar nossa compreensão sobre o desenvolvimento da flor, de seus diferentes órgãos, do processo reprodutivo como um todo, além de permitir produzir modificações de interesse econômico. Um gene codificando uma proteína da família F-box foi identificado na biblioteca TOBEST de cDNAs de estigma/estilete de N. tabacum (Quiapim et al., 2009; Abbad, 2012). A maioria das proteínas F-box pertence ao complexo SCF (formado principalmente pelas proteínas SKP1, CUL1 e F-box), participando da marcação de proteínas alvo para a degradação pela via ubiquitina-proteassomo. O gene identificado no TOBEST demonstrou expressão preferencial nos órgãos florais e foi denominado FEF1 (Flower Expressed F-box 1). Plantas de silenciamento e superexpressão deste gene indicaram alterações no tamanho dos órgãos florais, incluindo o pistilo, foco principal de estudo em nosso laboratório (Abbad, 2012). O screening de duplo-híbrido de uma biblioteca de cDNAs de estigma/estilete de N. tabacum identificou a interação com uma SKP1, indicando que a FEF1 poderia atuar junto ao complexo SCF (Abbad, 2012). No presente trabalho foram realizadas análises macroscópicas e microscópicas em pistilos de plantas transgênicas da geração T1, que permitiram: 1) verificar a estabilidade dos transgenes e das alterações fenotípicas na descendência; 2) quantificar e analisar estatisticamente as alterações de tamanho do pistilo; e 3) verificar as alterações em nível celular, que resultaram nas alterações do tamanho do pistilo, ocorridas nas plantas transgênicas. As plantas de silenciamento apresentaram redução estatisticamente significativa do comprimento de pistilos e da largura dos ovários. As análises histológicas permitiram verificar que ocorreu a redução da proliferação celular na zona secretória do estigma e no parênquima do ovário destas plantas. Por outro lado, as plantas de superexpressão demonstraram aumento estatisticamente significativo do comprimento dos pistilos e da largura de estigmas e ovários. Nestas plantas, foi verificado o aumento do número de células na zona secretória do estigma e parênquima do ovário. A interação entre FEF1 e a SKP1 foi confirmada em experimento de BiFC (Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation), corroborando a participação dessa F-box no complexo SCF. A interação entre estas proteínas ocorre no citoplasma das células vegetais, indicando que este é o local de atuação de FEF1. A participação no complexo SCF confere a essa F-box o papel de seleção dos alvos a serem poliubiquitinados pelo complexo. A análise de candidatos do screening revelou três novos parceiros de interação de FEF1, todos fatores de transcrição da classe I da família TCP, relacionados com a regulação da proliferação celular. Estas proteínas são candidatas à degradação no proteassomo, sinalizada pela marcação promovida pelo complexo SCFFEF1. Deste modo, propomos que a FEF1 desempenhe uma função na regulação do desenvolvimento e do tamanho final dos órgãos florais, mais especificamente do pistilo, através da regulação dos níveis de fatores de transcrição, como as TCPs aqui encontradas, envolvidas com o controle da proliferação celular. / Angiosperms vegetative and flowering organs development depends on a combined influence of finely regulated events of cell proliferation and expansion. The study of genes involved with the regulation of this processes allows the expansion of our knowledge about the flower and its organs development, of the reproductive process and allows the production of modifications of economic interest. One gene coding for an F-box family protein was identified in the TOBEST stigma/style cDNA library of N. tabacum (Quiapim et al., 2009; Abbad, 2012). The majority of F-box proteins belong to the SCF (mainly composed of the SKP1, CUL1 and F-box proteins) complex, participating in the signalization of target proteins for degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The gene identified on TOBEST presented preferential expression on the floral organs and was named FEF1 (Flower Expressed F-box 1). Transgenic plants silencing and overexpressing this gene indicated alteration of the floral organs, including the pistil, the main focus of study in our laboratory (Abbad, 2012). A yeast two-hybrid screening of a N. tabacum stigma/style cDNA library revealed the interaction with a SKP1 protein, indicating that FEF1 possibly functions with the SCF complex (Abbad, 2012). In the present work macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the pistils of T1 generation of transgenic plants were performed, which allowed us to: 1) Confirm the transgene and phenotypic stability through generations; 2) Quantify and statistically analyze the size alterations on the pistils; 3) Analyze the cellular modifications that produced the pistils size alterations observed in the transgenic plants. The plants silencing FEF1 presented a statistically significant reduction of the pistil length and ovary width. Histological analysis allowed the observation that a reduction in cell proliferation occurred in the secretory zone of the stigma and in the ovary parenchyma. On the other hand, overexpression plants presented statistically significant enlargement of pistil length and of stigma and ovary width. In these plants it was observed an increase in cell number in the stigma secretory zone and ovary parenchyma. The interaction between FEF1 and SKP1 was confirmed on a BiFC (Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation), reinforcing the participation of this F-box protein in the SCF complex. The interaction between these proteins was observed to occur in the cytoplasm of plant cells, indicating that this is the cellular compartment of FEF1 action. The participation in the SCF complex confers this F-box the role of selecting targets for polyubiquitination by the complex. The analysis of candidates of the screening revealed three new interaction partners of FEF1, all of them transcription factors of the class I TCP family, related to the regulation of cell proliferation. These proteins are candidates for degradation by the proteasome, signalized by the polyubiquitination promoted by the SCFFEF1 complex. We propose that FEF1 has a role in the regulation of the development and final size of the floral organs, particularly the pistil, by regulation the levels of transcription factors like the TCPs here revealed, involved with the control of cell proliferation.

L’atome de fluor est omniprésent dans plusieurs domaines grâce à sa capacité à moduler les propriétés biologiques et physicochimiques d’une molécule. De ce fait, la demande en molécules originales ne cesse de croître. Dans ce contexte, la synthèse de nouveaux réactifs fluorés et le développement de nouvelles méthodologies de synthèse pour introduire ces motifs fluorés suscite un fort intérêt. La première partie de cette thèse a été consacrée à l’élaboration d’un réactif inédit, source de CHFMe, et l’étude de sa réactivité. Cela a permis d’accéder à des composés substitués par un groupement OCHFMe, une classe de dérivés sous-explorée et pourtant prometteuse en chimie médicinale (Chapitre 2). Le chapitre 3 a été dédié au groupement CF₂PO(OEt)₂, un motif d’intérêt grâce à son bioisostérisme avec le groupement phosphate. L’étude d’une voie d’accès directe aux molécules aliphatiques comportant le groupement CF₂PO(OEt)₂ a été étudiée. Enfin, en collaboration avec l’UCL, l’étude de nouveaux groupements fluorés radiomarqués a été réalisée. En effet, le chapitre 4 a porté sur le développement d’une méthodologie permettant de synthétiser des molécules comportant un motif SCF₂¹⁸F, combinant ainsi les propriétés du motif émergent SCF₃ à celles du fluor 18. / The fluorine atom is ubiquitous in several fields thanks to its unique feature to modulate the biological and physical properties of a molecule. Thus, the demand for original fluorinated molecules is steadily increasing. In this context, a special attention has been paid to the synthesis of new fluorinated reagents as well as the development of new methodologies to introduce fluorinated motifs. The first part of this PhD thesis focused on the design of an unprecedented CHFMe-containing reagent and the study of its reactivity. A new access to OCHFMe-containing molecules was possible, an underexplored class of compounds despite their potential in medicinal chemistry (Chapter 2). The chapter 3 was dedicated to the CF₂PO(OEt)₂ moiety, which is of high importance due to its bioisosterism with the phosphonate group. A direct pathway toward the synthesis of aliphatic CF₂PO(OEt)₂-containing molecules was investigated. Finally, in collaboration with the Université Catholique de Louvain, the design of new radiolabeled fluorinated groups was studied. Indeed, the chapter 4 was devoted to the development of a methodology to access SCF₂¹⁸F-containing molecules, combining hence the properties of the emerging moiety SCF₃ with the ones of the ¹⁸F atom.

Aspergillus fumigatus ist die häufigste Ursache für Lungeninfektionen in immunsuppri-mierten Patienten. Virulenzfaktoren sind häufig an Kontrollmechanismen für Entwick-lung gekoppelt, welche im verwandten Modellorganismus Aspergillus nidulans entdeckt wurden. Diese Arbeit präsentiert die Charakterisierung des F-box Proteins Fbx15 in A. fumigatus, welches einen starken Einfluss auf die Entwicklung in A. nidulans hat. Die Deletion von fbx15 resultierte in starken Wachstumsdefekten unter vielen Stress induzie-renden Bedingungen, welche klassische Virulenz Faktoren beinhalten, wie erhöhte Tem-peratur, oxidativer Stress und Aminosäuremangel, während das Wachstum unter Stan-dardbedingungen nicht beeinflusst war. Oxidativer Stress induziert eine transiente Erhöhung der fbx15 Expression, welche nach 40 Minuten zu einer dreifach erhöhten Pro-teinmenge führte. Fbx15 ist ein stabiles F-box Protein mit einer Halbwertszeit von 90 Minuten. Generell funktionieren F-box Proteine als Substratadapter für SCF-E3-Ubiquitin-Ligasen. Fbx15 liegt unter normalen Bedingungen phosphoryliert vor und in-teragiert mit der Skp1/A Untereinheit des SCF-Komplexes, vorzugsweise in kleineren Subpopulationen im Zytoplasma. Phosphoryliertes Fbx15 wird bevorzugt in SCF-Komplexe eingebaut. Oxidativer Stress führt zu einer schnellen Dephosphorylierung von Fbx15. Fbx15 Varianten, welche nicht phosphoryliert werden können, interagieren mit Skp1/A primär im Kern. Fbx15 rekrutiert drei Untereinheiten des COP9-Signalosoms und Proteine welche in Transkription, Translation, Signalübertragung, Morphologie oder Stoffwechsel involviert sind. Fbx15 bindet die Ssn6/F Untereinheit des konservierten Ssn6/SsnF-Tup1/RcoA Co-Repressors und wird für dessen Kernlokalisation benötigt. Dephosphoryliertes Fbx15 interagiert mit Ssn6/F im Kern und eine Fbx15-Ssn6/F be-dingte Genrepression wird für die Reduzierung der Gliotoxin-Biosynthese benötigt. fbx15 Deletionsstämme sind nicht in der Lage immunsupprimierte Mäuse in einem Model für invasive Aspergillose zu infizieren, was eine essentielle Funktion von Fbx15 für die Viru-lenz bestätigt. Diese Arbeit zeigt, dass Fbx15 nicht nur Teil von SCF-E3-Ubiquitin-Ligasen sein kann, sondern eine zweite neue molekulare Funktion aufweist, welche die physische Interaktion mit der Co-Repressor Untereinheit Ssn6/F und dessen Lokalisa-tionskontrolle beinhaltet. Diese duale Funktion resultiert in einer essentiellen Funktion von Fbx15 für die Kontrolle der oxidativen Stressantwort, des Sekundärmetabolismus und der Virulenz im opportunistischen Humanpathogen A. fumigatus.