Functional characterization of the gene FoOCH1 encoding a putative 伪-1,6-mannosyltransferase in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense

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• 作者：Min-Hui Li^a ; ¹ ; Xiao-Ling Xie^a ; ¹ ; Xian-Feng Lin^a ; Jin-Xiu Shi^a ; Zhao-Jian Ding^a ; Jin-Feng Ling^a ; ^c ; Ping-Gen Xi^a ; Jia-Nuan Zhou^a ; Yueqiang Leng^b ; Shaobin Zhong^b ; ^{shaobin.zhong@ndsu.edu" class="auth_mail} ; Zi-De Jiang^a ; ^{zdjiang@scau.edu.cn" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense ; FoOCH1 ; Cell wall integrity ; Virulence
• 刊名：Fungal Genetics and Biology
• 出版年：April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：65
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-13
• 全文大小：2421 K

文摘

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (FOC) is the causal agent of banana Fusarium wilt and has become one of the most destructive pathogens threatening the banana production worldwide. However, few genes related to morphogenesis and pathogenicity of this fungal pathogen have been functionally characterized. In this study, we identified and characterized the disrupted gene in a T-DNA insertional mutant (L953) of FOC with significantly reduced virulence on banana plants. The gene disrupted by T-DNA insertion in L953 harbors an open reading frame, which encodes a protein with homology to 伪-1,6-mannosyltransferase (OCH1) in fungi. The deletion mutants (螖FoOCH1) of the OCH1 orthologue (FoOCH1) in FOC were impaired in fungal growth, exhibited brighter staining with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-Concanavalin A, had less cell wall proteins and secreted more proteins into liquid media than the wild type. Furthermore, the mutation or deletion of FoOCH1 led to loss of ability to penetrate cellophane membrane and decline in hyphal attachment and colonization as well as virulence to the banana host. The mutant phenotypes were fully restored by complementation with the wild type FoOCH1 gene. Our data provide a first evidence for the critical role of FoOCH1 in maintenance of cell wall integrity and virulence of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense.