MoMon1 is required for vacuolar assembly, conidiogenesis and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
MoMon1 is required for vacuolar assembly, conidiogenesis and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
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MoMon1 是稻瘟病菌 Magnaporthe oryzae 液泡组装、分生孢子发生和致病性所必需的
DOI:
10.1016/j.resmic.2013.01.001
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发表时间:
2013-05-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Liu, Xiao-Hong
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作者:
Gao, Hui-Min;Liu, Xiao-Guang;Liu, Xiao-Hong
Mon1 protein is involved in cytoplasm-to-vacuole trafficking, vacuolar morphology and autophagy, and is required for homotypic vacuole fusion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here we identify MoMON1 from Magnaporthe oryzae as an ortholog of S. cerevisiae MON1, essential for the morphology of the vacuole and vesicle fusion. Target gene deletion of MoMON1 resulted in accumulation of small punctuate vacuoles in the hypha and hypersensitivity to monensin, an antibiotic that blocks intracellular protein transport. The Delta Momon1 mutant exhibited significantly reduced aerial hyphal development and poor conidiation. Conidia of Delta Momon1 were able to differentiate appressoria. However, Delta Momon1 was non-pathogenic on rice leaves, even after wound inoculation. In addition, Delta Momon1 was slightly hypersensitive to Congo red and SDS, but not to cell wall degrading enzymes, suggesting significant alterations in its cell wall. The autophagy process was blocked in the Delta Momon1 mutant. Taken together, our results suggest that MoMON1 has an essential function in vacuolar assembly, autophagy, fungal development and pathogenicity in M. oryzae. (c) 2013 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.