Functional Characterization of <i>FgAsp</i>, a Gene Coding an Aspartic Acid Protease in <i>Fusarium graminearum</i>.

ABSTRACT: Aspartic proteases (APs), hydrolases with aspartic acid residues as catalytic active sites, are closely associated with processes such as plant growth and development and fungal and bacterial pathogenesis. F. graminearum is the dominant pathogenic fungus that causes Fusarium head blight (FHB) in wheat. However, the relationship of APs to the growth, development, and pathogenesis of F. graminearum is not clear. Therefore, we selected the FGSG_09558 gene, whose function annotation is aspartate protease, for further study. In this study, FGSG_09558 was found to contain a conserved structural domain and signal peptide sequence of aspartic acid protease and was therefore named FgAsp. The function of FgAsp in F. graminearum was investigated

SUBMITTER: Li P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11679831 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature