FgCsn12 Is Involved in the Regulation of Ascosporogenesis in the Wheat Scab Fungus

Overview

Journal Int J Mol Sci

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Biochemistry
Chemistry
Molecular Biology

Date 2022 Sep 23

PMID 36142356

Authors

Hang Jiang

Yuhan Zhang

Wanshan Wang

Xinyu Cao

Huaijian Xu

Huiquan Liu

Junshan Qi

Cong Jiang

Chenfang Wang

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Abstract

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by the fungal pathogen , is a destructive disease worldwide. Ascospores are the primary inoculum of , and sexual reproduction is a critical step in its infection cycle. In this study, we characterized the functions of FgCsn12. Although the ortholog of FgCsn12 in budding yeast was reported to have a direct interaction with Csn5, which served as the core subunit of the COP9 signalosome, the interaction between FgCsn12 and FgCsn5 was not detected through the yeast two-hybrid assay. The deletion of resulted in slight defects in the growth rate, conidial morphology, and pathogenicity. Instead of forming four-celled, uninucleate ascospores, the deletion mutant produced oval ascospores with only one or two cells and was significantly defective in ascospore discharge. The 3'UTR of FgCsn12 was dispensable for vegetative growth but essential for sexual reproductive functions. Compared with those of the wild type, 1204 genes and 2240 genes were up- and downregulated over twofold, respectively, in the mutant. Taken together, FgCsn12 demonstrated an important function in the regulation of ascosporogenesis in .

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