Mstu1, an APSES Transcription Factor, Is Required for Appressorium-Mediated Infection in Magnaporthe grisea

• Published in: Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry Vol. 73; no. 8; pp. 1779 - 1786
• Main Authors: NISHIMURA, Marie, FUKADA, Junji, MORIWAKI, Akihiro, FUJIKAWA, Takashi, OHASHI, Miho, HIBI, Tadaaki, HAYASHI, Nagao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 01.08.2009; Japan Society for Bioscience Biotechnology and Agrochemistry; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Ascomycetes; Biological and medical sciences; Fertility; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal Proteins - genetics; Fungal Proteins - metabolism; glycogen; Glycogen - metabolism; lipid; Lipid Metabolism; Magnaporthe - genetics; Magnaporthe - metabolism; Magnaporthe - physiology; Magnaporthe grisea; Movement; Mycelium - genetics; Mycelium - metabolism; Mycelium - physiology; Oryza - microbiology; Oryza sativa; pathogenicity; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Leaves - microbiology; Reproduction, Asexual; Sequence Deletion; Spores, Fungal - physiology; StuA; Time Factors; Transcription Factors - genetics; Transcription Factors - metabolism; transfer; Ascomycota; Fungi; Infection; Pathogenicity; Magnaporthe grisea; Glycogen; Transfer; Lipids; StuA; Transcription factor; lipid

The APSES protein family includes important transcriptional regulators of morphological processes in ascomycetes. We identified a deletion mutant of the APSES protein Mstu1 in Magnaporthe grisea that showed reduced conidiation and mycelial growth. Mstu1 formed a number of appressoria comparable to t...