The bZIP transcription factor FpAda1 is essential for fungal growth and conidiation in Fusarium pseudograminearum

Fusarium pseudograminearum is an important pathogen of Fusarium crown rot and Fusarium head blight, which is able to infect wheat and barley worldwide, causing great economic losses. Transcription factors (TFs) of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) protein family control important processes in all euka...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current genetics 2020-06, Vol.66 (3), p.507-515
Hauptverfasser: Chen, Linlin, Ma, Yuming, Zhao, Jingya, Geng, Xuejing, Chen, Wenbo, Ding, Shengli, Li, Haiyang, Li, Honglian
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Zusammenfassung:Fusarium pseudograminearum is an important pathogen of Fusarium crown rot and Fusarium head blight, which is able to infect wheat and barley worldwide, causing great economic losses. Transcription factors (TFs) of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) protein family control important processes in all eukaryotes. In this study, we identified a gene, designated FpAda1 , encoding a bZIP TF in F . pseudograminearum . The homolog of FpAda1 is also known to affect hyphal growth in Neurospora crassa . Deletion of FpAda1 in F . pseudograminearum resulted in defects in hyphal growth, mycelial branching and conidia formation. Pathogenicity assays showed that virulence of the Δfpada1 mutant was dramatically decreased on wheat coleoptiles and barley leaves. However, wheat coleoptile inoculation assay showed that Δfpada1 could penetrate and proliferate in wheat cells. Moreover, the FpAda1 was required for abnormal nuclear morphology in conidia and transcription of FpCdc2 and FpCdc42 . Taken together, these results indicate that FpAda1 is an important transcription factor involved in growth and development in F . pseudograminearum .
ISSN:0172-8083
1432-0983
DOI:10.1007/s00294-019-01042-1