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Acetohydroxyacid synthase FgIlv2 and FgIlv6 are involved in BCAA biosynthesis, mycelial and conidial morphogenesis, and full virulence in Fusarium graminearum.
Scientific reports - 10 Nov 2015
Liu Xin, Han Qi, Xu Jianhong, Wang Jian, Shi Jianrong
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we characterized FgIlv2 and FgIlv6, the catalytic and regulatory subunits of acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) from the important wheat head scab fungus Fusarium graminearum. AHAS catalyzes the first common step in the parallel pathways toward branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs: isoleucine, leucine, valine) and is the inhibitory target of several commercialized herbicides. Both FgILV2 and FgILV6...
Topics
- Acetolactate Synthase
- Amino Acids, Branched-Chain
- Fungal Proteins
- Fusarium
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation
- Pigmentation
- Protein Subunits
- RNA, Fungal
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Spores, Fungal