Paracoccidioides lutzii Plp43 is an active glucanase with partial antigenic identity with P. brasiliensis gp43.

• Main Authors: Natanael P Leitão (Author), Milene C Vallejo (Author), Palloma M Conceição (Author), Zoilo P Camargo (Author), Rosane Hahn (Author), Rosana Puccia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and P. lutzii cause paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). P. brasiliensis main diagnostic antigen is glycoprotein gp43, and its peptide sequence is 81% identical with a P. lutzii ortholog here called Plp43. P. lutzii ("Pb01-like") apparently predominates in Midwestern...