The CHY-Type Zinc Finger Protein FgChy1 Regulates Polarized Growth, Pathogenicity, and Microtubule Assembly in Fusarium graminearum

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Cao, Shulin

作者： Cao, Shulin;Li, Wei;Li, Chaohui;Jiang, Wenqiang;Sun, Haiyan;Deng, Yuanyu;Chen, Huaigu;Wang, Guanghui;Jiang, Wenqiang;Chen, Huaigu

作者机构：

关键词： beta-tubulin; CHY-type zinc finger; polarity growth; virulence; wheat head blight

期刊名称：MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS （ 影响因子：3.696； 五年影响因子：4.282 ）

ISSN： 0894-0282

年卷期： 2021 年 34 卷 4 期

页码：

收录情况： SCI

摘要： Microtubules (MTs), as transport tracks, play important roles in hyphal-tip growth in filamentous fungi, but MT-associated proteins involved in polarized growth remain unknown. Here, we found that one novel zinc finger protein, FgChy1, is required for MT morphology and polarized growth in Fusarium graminearum. The Fgchy1 mutant presented curved and directionless growth of hyphae. Importantly, the conidia and germ tubes of the Fgchy1 mutant exhibited badly damaged and less-organized beta-tubulin cytoskeletons. Compared with the wild type, the Fgchy1 mutant lost the ability to maintain polarity and was also more sensitive to the anti-MT drugs carbendazim and nocodazole, likely due to the impaired MT cytoskeleton. Indeed, the hyphae of the wild type treated with nocodazole exhibited a morphology consistent with that of the Fgchy1 mutant. Interestingly, the disruption of FgChy1 resulted in the off-center localization of actin patches and the polarity-related polarisome protein FgSpa2 from the hyphal-tip axis. A similar defect in FgSpa2 localization was also observed in the nocodazole-treated wild-type strain. In addition, FgChy1 is also required for conidiogenesis, septation, sexual reproduction, pathogenicity, and deoxynivalenol production. Overall, this study provides the first demonstrations of the functions of the novel zinc finger protein FgChy1 in polarized growth, development, and virulence in filamentous fungi.

分类号：

  • 相关文献
作者其他论文 更多>>

微信小程序