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Disentangling the sucrose metabolism of the corn smut <i>Ustilago maydis</i> reveals unexpected complexity

2026-06-11

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The race for carbohydrates shapes organismic interactions. In plant pathogenic fungi, sucrose is a key nutrient as it constitutes the major transport sugar in plants. Here, we investigate sucrose acquisition in the corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis , a biotrophic pathogen that transitions from yeast-like to hyphal growth for infection. We establish that the fungus encodes a secreted acidic invertase, Suc2, with a...

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Literature Corpus work: 183e94e0-2831-595e-b171-989cac3878e2
DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.11.731450

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