A Protein with Unknown Function, Ps495620, Is Critical for the Sporulation and Oospore Production of

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Journal J Fungi (Basel)

Date 2025 Jan 24

PMID 39852431

Authors

Xiaoran Du

Yan Zeng

Yiying Li

Qin Peng

Jianqiang Miao

Xili Liu

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Abstract

While the rapid rise in bioinformatics has facilitated the identification of the domains and functions of many proteins, some still have no domain annotation or largely uncharacterized functions. However, the biological roles of unknown proteins were not clear in oomycetes. An analysis of the genome database identified the protein Ps495620, which has no domain annotations and functional predictions in . This study used a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene replacement system to knock out to elucidate its function. The -knockout mutants exhibited significantly increased oospore production and decreased sporangium formation compared to the wild-type strain P6497. Transcriptomics showed that it is a key regulator of nitrogen, pyruvate, ascorbate, and adorate metabolism in . Our findings indicate that Ps495620 is critical in regulating sporangium formation and oospore production in .

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