Article
Chitin-deacetylase activity induces appressorium differentiation in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.
Scientific reports - 29 Aug 2017
Kuroki Misa, Okauchi Kana, Yoshida Sho, Ohno Yuko, Murata Sayaka, Nakajima Yuichi, Nozaka Akihito, Tanaka Nobukiyo, Nakajima Masahiro, Taguchi Hayao, Saitoh Ken-Ichiro, Teraoka Tohru, Narukawa Megumi, Kamakura Takashi
Abstract excerpt
The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae differentiates a specialized infection structure called an appressorium to invade rice cells. In this report, we show that CBP1, which encodes a chitin-deacetylase, is involved in the induction phase of appressorium differentiation. We demonstrate that the enzymatic activity of Cbp1 is critical for appressorium formation. M. oryzae has six CDA homologues in addition to...
Topics
- Amidohydrolases
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Chitin
- Enzyme Activation
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Magnaporthe
- Mutation
- Oryza
- Plant Diseases
