Kinome Expansion in the Fusarium oxysporum Species Complex Driven by Accessory Chromosomes.

ABSTRACT: The Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC) is a group of soilborne pathogens causing severe disease in more than 100 plant hosts, while individual strains exhibit strong host specificity. Both chromosome transfer and comparative genomics experiments have demonstrated that lineage-specific (LS) chromosomes contribute to the host-specific pathogenicity. However, little is known about the functional importance of genes encoded in these LS chromosomes. Focusing on signaling transduction, this study compared the kinomes of 12 F. oxysporum isolates, including both plant and human pathogens and 1 nonpathogenic biocontrol strain, with 7 additional publicly available ascomycete genomes. Overall, F. oxysporum kinomes are the largest, facilitated in part by the acquisitions of

SUBMITTER: DeIulio GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001611 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature