Essential Roles of Two FRQ Proteins (Frq1 and Frq2) in Beauveria bassiana’s Virulence, Infection Cycle, and Calcofluor-Specific Signaling

• Published in: Applied and environmental microbiology Vol. 87; no. 6
• Main Authors: Tong, Sen-Miao, Gao, Ben-Jie, Peng, Han, Feng, Ming-Guang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 26.02.2021
• Subjects: Animals; Beauveria - metabolism; Beauveria - pathogenicity; Beauveria bassiana; Benzenesulfonates; Cadavers; Cell culture; Cell walls; Darkness; Epicuticle; Fungal infections; Fungal Proteins - metabolism; Fungi; Hemocoel; High resistance; Hypersensitivity; Insects; Invertebrate Microbiology; Kinases; Larva - microbiology; MAP kinase; Molecular structure; Moths - microbiology; Mutants; Mycosis; Protein kinase; Proteins; Signal Transduction; Virulence; Yeast; pathogenicity; entomopathogenic fungi; cell wall integrity; biological control; gene mutagenesis; asexual cycle; frequency proteins

Opposite nuclear rhythms of two distinct FRQ proteins (Frq1 and Frq2) coexisting in an asexual fungal insect pathogen have been shown to orchestrate the fungal nonrhythmic conidiation in vitro in a circadian day independent of photoperiod change. This paper reports essential roles of both Frq1 and F...