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CglCUT1 gene required for cutinase activity and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose of Camellia oleifera
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is the causal agent of Camellia oleifera anthracnose, mainly infecting fruits and leaves. The fungus secretes degrading enzymes to destroy the cuticle of aerial plant parts and help infect the host successfully. To validate whether a cutinase gene ( CglCUT1 ) was requi...
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Published in: | European journal of plant pathology 2017-01, Vol.147 (1), p.103-114 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
is the causal agent of
Camellia oleifera
anthracnose, mainly infecting fruits and leaves. The fungus secretes degrading enzymes to destroy the cuticle of aerial plant parts and help infect the host successfully. To validate whether a cutinase gene (
CglCUT1
) was required for cutinase activity and pathogenicity of
C. gloeosporioides
, the
CglCUT1
gene was cloned and analyzed. The characterization of
CglCUT1
predicted protein suggests that the cloned DNA encoded a cutinase in
C. gloeosporioides
affecting
C. oleifera
. The
CglCUT1
showed a high homology to those from
C. gloeosporioides
causing papaya anthracnose and
C. capsici
causing pepper anthracnose, as well as those of other ascomycetes. The whole
CglCUT1
gene was knocked-out and the knockout mutant (∆
CglCUT
39) was subsequently complemented using
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
mediated transformation. The knockout transformants exhibited significant decreases in cutinase activity and virulence compared with the wild-type strain. The complemented transformants of the disrupted transformant ∆
CglCUT
39 showed a significant increase in cutinase activity and virulence compared with the disrupted transformant ∆
CglCUT
39. This study suggests that the
CglCUT1
gene has a positive effect on fungal virulence of the hemibiotrophic
C. gloeosporioides
on
C. oleifera
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ISSN: | 0929-1873 1573-8469 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10658-016-0983-x |