Cytochrome P450 Sterol 14 Alpha-Demethylase Gene SsCI72380 Is Required for Mating/Filamentation and Pathogenicity in Sporisorium scitamineum.

ABSTRACT: Sugarcane smut is a significant sugarcane disease caused by Sporisorium scitamineum and is a large threat to the sugar industry in China and the world. Accordingly, it is important to study the pathogenic mechanism by which this disease occurs to identify effective prevention and control strategies. Gene SsCI72380, which encodes cytochrome P450 sterol 14 alpha-demethylase (CYP51), was screened out from the transcriptome of S. scitamineum. In this study, the functions of gene SsCI72380 were identified via the knockout mutants ΔSs72380⁺ and ΔSs72380^- , which were obtained by polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated protoplast transformation technology, as well as the complementary mutants COM72380⁺ and COM7

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733404 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature