Essential Role of WetA, but No Role of VosA, in Asexual Development, Conidial Maturation and Insect Pathogenicity of Metarhizium robertsii

Autor: Jin-Guan Zhang, Ke Zhang, Si-Yuan Xu, Sheng-Hua Ying, Ming-Guang Feng
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Microbiology Spectrum. 11
ISSN: 2165-0497
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00070-23
Popis: WetA and VosA regulate conidiation and conidial maturation required for the life cycle of Beauveria bassiana, like they do in Aspergillus, but remain functionally unexplored in Metarhizium robertsii , another hypocrealean pathogen considered to have evolved insect pathogenicity ~130 million years later than B. bassiana . This study reveals a similar role of WetA ortholog in asexual development, conidial maturation, and insect pathogenicity, and also its distinctive role in mediating some other conidial maturation-related cellular events, but has functional redundancy of VosA in M. robertsii .
Databáze: OpenAIRE