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The O-mannosyltransferase PMT4 is essential for normal appressorium formation and penetration in Ustilago maydis.
The Plant cell - 1 Oct 2009
Fernández-Alvarez Alfonso, Elías-Villalobos Alberto, Ibeas José I
Abstract excerpt
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the PMT, KRE2/MNT1, and MNN1 mannosyltransferase protein families catalyze the steps of the O-mannosylation pathway, sequentially adding mannoses to target proteins. We have identified members of all three families and analyzed their roles in pathogenesis of the maize smut fungus Ustilago maydis. Furthermore, we have shown that PMT4, one of the three PMT family members in U. maydis,...
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