Membrane Protein Bcest Is Involved in Hyphal Growth, Virulence and Stress Tolerance of Botrytis cinerea.

ABSTRACT: Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic model fungal plant pathogen that causes grey mould, a devastating disease responsible for large losses in the agriculture sector. As important targets of fungicides, membrane proteins are hot spots in the research and development of fungicide products. We previously found that membrane protein Bcest may be closely related to the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea. Herein, we further explored its function. We generated and characterised ΔBcest deletion mutants of B. cinerea and constructed complemented strains. The ΔBcest deletion mutants exhibited reduced conidia germination and germ tube elongation. The functional activity of ΔBcest deletion mutants was investigated by reduced necrotic colonisation of B. cinere

SUBMITTER: Zhang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10221684 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature