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Biography

Professional Preparation:
1980 B.A. (Microbiology), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
1987 Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
1987 – 1990 Research Fellow (Genetics/Cell Biology), Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
1990 –1993 Research Associate (Genetics/Cell Biology), Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
Appointments:
1993 – 2000 Assistant Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm Branch, Sweden
2001 – 2006 Associate Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm Branch, Sweden
2007 – Professor of Cell Biology, Stockholm University
2010 – 2013 Director, Wenner-Gren Institute for Experimenatal Biology, Stockholm University
2013 – 2019 Chair, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University
2020 - Director, Campus Solna, SciLifeLab - Stockholm

Activities

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Diverse mechanisms control amino acid‐dependent environmental alkalization by <i>Candida albicans</i>

Molecular Microbiology
2024-01-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0950-382X
Part of ISSN: 1365-2958
Contributors: Fitz Gerald Salazar Silao; Valerie Diane Valeriano; Erika Uddström; Emilie Falconer; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Per O. Ljungdahl

Proline catabolism is a key factor facilitating Candida albicans pathogenicity

PLOS Pathogens
2023-11-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1553-7374
Contributors: Fitz Gerald S. Silao; Tong Jiang; Biborka Bereczky-Veress; Andreas Kühbacher; Kicki Ryman; Nathalie Uwamohoro; Sabrina Jenull; Filomena Nogueira; Meliza Ward; Thomas Lion et al.
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Per O. Ljungdahl

ER-localized Shr3 is a selective co-translational folding chaperone necessary for amino acid permease biogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology
2023-09-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Ioanna Myronidi; Andreas Ring; Fei Wu; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Diverse mechanisms control amino acid-dependent environmental alkalization byCandida albicans

2023-08-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Fitz Gerald S. Silao; Valerie Diane Valeriano; Erika Uddström; Emilie Falconer; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Glutamate dehydrogenase (Gdh2)-dependent alkalization is dispensable for escape from macrophages and virulence of Candida albicans

PLOS Pathogens
2020-09-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Fitz Gerald S. Silao; Damian J. Krysan; Kicki Ryman; Tong Jiang; Meliza Ward; Nicolas Hansmann; Chris Molenaar; Ning-Ning Liu; Changbin Chen; Per O. Ljungdahl
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The ER membrane chaperone Shr3 acts in a progressive manner to assist the folding of related plasma membrane transport proteins

2020-07-05 | Preprint
Contributors: Ioanna Myronidi; Andreas Ring; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Glutamate dehydrogenase (Gdh2)-dependent alkalization is dispensable for escape from macrophages and virulence ofCandida albicans

2020-01-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Fitz Gerald S. Silao; Kicki Ryman; Tong Jiang; Meliza Ward; Nicolas Hansmann; Ning-Ning Liu; Changbin Chen; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Ssy1 functions at the plasma membrane as a receptor of extracellular amino acids independent of plasma membrane‐endoplasmic reticulum junctions

Traffic
2019-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Andreas Ring; António Martins; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Mitochondrial proline catabolism activates Ras1/cAMP/PKA-induced filamentation in Candida albicans

PLOS Genetics
2019-02-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Fitz Gerald S. Silao; Aaron P. Mitchell; Meliza Ward; Kicki Ryman; Axel Wallström; Björn Brindefalk; Klas Udekwu; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Mitochondrial proline catabolism activates Ras1/cAMP/PKA-induced filamentation in Candida albicans

2018-07-23 | Other
Contributors: Fitz Gerald S. Silao; Meliza Ward; Kicki Ryman; Axel Wallström; Björn Brindefalk; Klas Udekwu; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Ssy5 is a signaling serine protease that exhibits atypical biogenesis and marked S1 specificity

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: António Martins; Thorsten Pfirrmann; Stijn Heessen; Gustav Sundqvist; Vincent Bulone; Claes Andréasson; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Cdc48 and Ubx1 participate in a pathway associated with the inner nuclear membrane that governs Asi1 degradation

Journal of Cell Science
2016-10-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Marina Pantazopoulou; Mirta Boban; Roland Foisner; Per O. Ljungdahl
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Atypical Ubiquitylation in Yeast Targets Lysine-less Asi2 for Proteasomal Degradation

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2015 | Journal article
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WOS:000348588000050

Contributors: Boban, Mirta; Ljungdahl, Per O.; Foisner, Roland
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Diverse Nitrogen Sources in Seminal Fluid Act in Synergy To Induce Filamentous Growth of Candida albicans.

Applied and environmental microbiology
2015 | Journal article
WOSUID:

MEDLINE:25662979

Contributors: Alvarez, Francisco J; Ryman, Kicki; Hooijmaijers, Cornelis; Bulone, Vincent; Ljungdahl, Per O
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A nuclear ubiquitin-proteasome pathway targets the inner nuclear membrane protein Asi2 for degradation

Journal of Cell Science
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000341180000018

Contributors: Boban, Mirta; Pantazopoulou, Marina; Schick, Anna; Ljungdahl, Per O.; Foisner, Roland
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Latency of transcription factor Stp1 depends on a modular regulatory motif that functions as cytoplasmic retention determinant and nuclear degron

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000345222700009

Contributors: Omnus, Deike J.; Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Protein quality control at the inner nuclear membrane

Nature
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000346484800050

Contributors: Khmelinskii, Anton; Blaszczak, Ewa; Pantazopoulou, Marina; Fischer, Bernd; Omnus, Deike J.; Le Dez, Gaelle; Brossard, Audrey; Gunnarsson, Alexander; Barry, Joseph D.; Meurer, Matthias et al.
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Rts1-protein phosphatase 2A antagonizes Ptr3-mediated activation of the signaling protease Ssy5 by casein kinase I

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2013 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000321132100020

Contributors: Omnus, Deike J.; Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

SOMA: A Single Oligonucleotide Mutagenesis and Cloning Approach

Plos One
2013 | Journal article
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WOS:000319961900019

Contributors: Pfirrmann, Thorsten; Lokapally, Ashwin; Andreasson, Claes; Ljungdahl, Per; Hollemann, Thomas
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Regulation of Amino Acid, Nucleotide, and Phosphate Metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics
2012 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000301531900005

Contributors: Ljungdahl, Per O.; Daignan-Fornier, Bertrand
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

A phosphodegron controls nutrient-induced proteasomal activation of the signaling protease Ssy5

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2011 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000293227200009

Contributors: Omnus, Deike J.; Pfirrmann, Thorsten; Andreasson, Claes; Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Wild-Type Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Host to Analyze Nitrogen Source Dependent Virulence of Candida albicans

Plos One
2011 | Journal article
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WOS:000297554300032

Contributors: Davis, Monica M.; Alvarez, Francisco J.; Ryman, Kicki; Holm, Asa A.; Ljungdahl, Per O.; Engstrom, Ylva
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The Prodomain of Ssy5 Protease Controls Receptor-Activated Proteolysis of Transcription Factor Stp1

Molecular and Cellular Biology
2010 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000278626100013

Contributors: Pfirrmann, Thorsten; Heessen, Stijn; Omnus, Deike J.; Andreasson, Claes; Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Amino-acid-induced signalling via the SPS-sensing pathway in yeast

Biochemical Society Transactions
2009 | Journal article
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WOS:000263017400049

Contributors: Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Dal81 enhances stp1- and stp2-dependent transcription necessitating negative modulation by inner nuclear membrane protein asil in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics
2007 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000249530000014

Contributors: Boban, Mirta; Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Inner nuclear membrane proteins Asi1, Asi2, and Asi3 function in concert to maintain the latent properties of transcription factors Stp1 and Stp2

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2007 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000243166500065

Contributors: Zargari, Arezou; Boban, Mirta; Heessen, Stijn; Andreasson, Claes; Thyberg, Johan; Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Membrane chaperone Shr3 assists in folding amino acid permeases preventing precocious ERAD

Journal of Cell Biology
2007 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000244487100020

Contributors: Kota, Jhansi; Gilstring, C. Fredrik; Ljungdahl, Per O.
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Ssh4, Rcr2 and Rcr1 affect plasma membrane transporter activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics
2007 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000246448800013

Contributors: Kota, Jhansi; Melin-Larsson, Monika; Ljungdahl, Per O.; Forsberg, Hanna
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Asi1 is an inner nuclear membrane protein that restricts promoter access of two latent transcription factors

Journal of Cell Biology
2006 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000238059800007

Contributors: Boban, M; Zargari, A; Andreasson, C; Heessen, S; Thyberg, J; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Host-pathogen interactions and the pathological consequences of acute systemic Candida albicans infections in mice

Current Drug Targets
2006 | Journal article
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WOS:000236267300011

Contributors: Rozell, B; Ljungdahl, PO; Martinez, P
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Regulation of transcription factor latency by receptor-activated proteolysis

Genes & Development
2006 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000238395800004

Contributors: Andreasson, C; Heessen, S; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Divergence of Stp1 and Stp2 transcription factors in Candida albicans places virulence factors required for proper nutrient acquisition under amino acid control

Molecular and Cellular Biology
2005 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000232754600025

Contributors: Martinez, P; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Specialized membrane-localized chaperones prevent aggregation of polytopic proteins in the ER

Journal of Cell Biology
2005 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000226727500009

Contributors: Kota, J; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Specialized membrane-localized chaperones prevent aggregation of polytopic proteins in the ER

Journal of Cell Biology
2005 | Journal article
Part of ISSN:

0021-9525

Contributors: Kota, J; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

An ER packaging chaperone determines the amino acid uptake capacity and virulence of Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology
2004 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000187890800007

Contributors: Martinez, P; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Four permeases import proline and the toxic proline analogue azetidine-2-carboxylate into yeast

Yeast
2004 | Journal article
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WOS:000189307000001

Contributors: Andreasson, C; Neve, EPA; Ljungdahl, PO
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The N-terminal regulatory domain of Stp1p is modular and, fused to an artificial transcription factor, confers full Ssy1p-Ptr3p-Ssy5p sensor control

Molecular and Cellular Biology
2004 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000223443800017

Contributors: Andreasson, C; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Characterization of potassium transport in wild-type and isogenic yeast strains carrying all combinations of trk1, trk2 and tok1 null mutations

Molecular Microbiology
2003 | Journal article
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WOS:000180776700013

Contributors: Bertl, A; Ramos, J; Ludwig, J; Lichtenberg-Frate, H; Reid, J; Bihler, H; Calero, F; Martinez, P; Ljungdah, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) forms a complex with the PDZ domain-containing protein ligand-of-numb protein-x (LNX)

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2003 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000181195100104

Contributors: Sollerbrant, K; Raschperger, E; Mirza, M; Engstrom, U; Philipson, L; Ljungdahl, PO; Pettersson, RF
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Mrd1p is required for processing of pre-rRNA and for maintenance of steady-state levels of 40 S ribosomal subunits in yeast

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2002 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000175975800024

Contributors: Jin, SB; Zhao, J; Bjork, P; Schmekel, K; Ljungdahl, PO; Wieslander, L
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Receptor-mediated endoproteolytic activation of two transcription factors in yeast

Genes & Development
2002 | Journal article
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WOS:000180203000005

Contributors: Andreasson, C; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Genetic and biochemical analysis of the yeast plasma membrane Ssy1p-Ptr3p-Ssy5p sensor of extracellular amino acids

Molecular and Cellular Biology
2001 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000166353700013

Contributors: Forsberg, H; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Sensors of extracellular nutrients in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics
2001 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000171664800001

Contributors: Forsberg, H; Ljungdahl, PO
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Suppressors of ssy1 and ptr3 null mutations define novel amino acid sensor-independent genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics
2001 | Journal article
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WOS:000169936600005

Contributors: Forsberg, H; Hammar, M; Andreasson, C; Moliner, A; Ljungdahl, PO
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Per O. Ljungdahl via ResearcherID

Suppressors of ssy1 and ptr3 null mutations define novel amino acid sensor-independent genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics
2001 | Journal article
Part of ISSN:

0016-6731

Contributors: Forsberg, H; Hammar, M; Andreasson, C; Moliner, A; Ljungdahl, PO
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The role of the yeast plasma membrane SPS nutrient sensor in the metabolic response to extracellular amino acids

Molecular Microbiology
2001 | Journal article
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WOS:000171585500020

Contributors: Forsberg, H; Gilstring, CF; Zargari, A; Martinez, P; Ljungdahl, PO
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A method for determining the in vivo topology of yeast polytopic membrane proteins demonstrates that Gap1p fully integrates into the membrane independently of Shr3p

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2000 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000089762700103

Contributors: Gilstring, CF; Ljungdahl, PO
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The SHR3 homologue from S-pombe demonstrates a conserved function of ER packaging chaperones

Journal of Cell Science
2000 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000165975300022

Contributors: Martinez, P; Ljungdahl, PO
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The SHR3 homologue from S-pombe demonstrates a conserved function of ER packaging chaperones

Journal of Cell Science
2000 | Journal article
Part of ISSN:

0021-9533

Contributors: Martinez, P; Ljungdahl, PO
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Shr3p mediates specific COPII coatomer-cargo interactions required for the packaging of amino acid permeases into ER-derived transport vesicles

Molecular Biology of the Cell
1999 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000083647300004

Contributors: Gilstring, CF; Melin-Larsson, M; Ljungdahl, PO
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