biostudies-literaturePham TATAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls100029https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7388969biostudies-literatureUnknown5Infection of barley with the powdery mildew causal agent, <i>Blumeria graminis</i> f. sp. <i>hordei</i> (<i>Bgh</i>), can lead to devastating damage to barley crops. The recent emergence of fungicide resistance imposes a need to develop new antifungal strategies. The enzymes involved in cell wall biosynthesis are ideal targets for the development of fungicides. However, in order to narrow down any target proteins involved in cell wall formation, a greater understanding of the cell wall structure and composition is required. Here, we present a detailed carbohydrate analysis of the <i>Bgh</i> conidial cell wall, a full annotation of Carbohydrate Active enZymes (CAZy) in the <i>Bgh</i> genome, and a comprehensive expression profile of the genes involved in cell wall metabolism. Glycosidic linCell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Composition and biosynthetic machinery of the <i>Blumeria graminis</i> f. sp. <i>hordei</i> conidia cell wall.PMC7388969CE110001007Pham TATBulone VXing XSchwerdt JGLittle AShirley NJKyriacou BAfalseComposition and biosynthetic machinery of the <i>Blumeria graminis</i> f. sp. <i>hordei</i> conidia cell wall.Infection of barley with the powdery mildew causal agent, <i>Blumeria graminis</i> f. sp. <i>hordei</i> (<i>Bgh</i>), can lead to devastating damage to barley crops. The recent emergence of fungicide resistance imposes a need to develop new antifungal strategies. The enzymes involved in cell wall biosynthesis are ideal targets for the development of fungicides. However, in order to narrow down any target proteins involved in cell wall formation, a greater understanding of the cell wall structure and composition is required. Here, we present a detailed carbohydrate analysis of the <i>Bgh</i> conidial cell wall, a full annotation of Carbohydrate Active enZymes (CAZy) in the <i>Bgh</i> genome, and a comprehensive expression profile of the genes involved in cell wall metabolism. Glycosidic lin2019-01-01T00:00:00Z2019 Dec2025-04-05T15:21:06.597Z2020-10-02T07:25:59ZS-EPMC73889693274314510.1016/j.tcsw.2019.100029