“…For instance, S. cerevisiae relays osmotic stress signals to the HOG1 MAPK pathway through the SLN1-YPD1-SSK1 phosphorelay system (Maeda et al, 1994;Posas et al, 1996), while the TcsA/TcsB/NikA sensor kinases transmit stress signals to the HogA/SakA MAPK cascade through YpdA and SskA in Aspergillus nidulans (Furukawa et al, 2005;Virginia et al, 2000). In Candida albicans, a similar system consists of the histidine kinases CaSln1, Chk1 and Nik1/Cos1 (Alex et al, 1998;Calera & Calderone, 1999a; Nagahashi et al, 1998), the phosphorelay protein CaYpd1 and two RRs (CaSsk1, CaSkn7) (Calera & Calderone, 1999b;Calera et al, 2000) (Figure 2B).…”