Is Essential for Morphogenesis and Pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae.

causes the rice blast disease, which is one of the most serious diseases of cultivated rice worldwide. Glycosylation is an important posttranslational modification of secretory and membrane proteins in all eukaryotes, catalyzed by glycosyltransferases (GTs). In this study, we identified and characterized a type 2 glycosyltransferase, MoGt2, in Targeted gene deletion mutants of (Δ strains) were nonpathogenic and were impaired in vegetative growth, conidiation, and appressorium formation at hyphal tips. Moreover, plays an important role in stress tolerance and hydrophobin function of Site-directed mutagenesis analysis showed that conserved glycosyltransferase domains (DxD and QxxRW) are critical for biological functions of MoGt2. deletion led to altered glycoproteins during conidiation. By liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), we identified several candidate proteins as potential substrates of MoGt2, including several heat shock proteins, two coiled-coil domain-containing proteins, aminopeptidase 2, and nuclease domain-containing protein 1. On the other hand, we found that a conidiation-related gene, genes involved in various metabolism pathways, and genes involved in cell wall integrity and/or osmotic response were differentially regulated in the Δ mutant, which may potentially contribute to its condiation defects. Taken together, our results show that MoGt2 is important for infection-related morphogenesis and pathogenesis in The ascomycete fungus is the causal agent of rice blast disease, leading to severe loss in cultivated rice production worldwide. In this study, we identified a conserved type 2 glycosyltransferase named MoGt2 in The Δ targeted gene deletion mutants exhibited pleiotropic defects in vegetative growth, conidiation, stress response, hyphal appressorium-mediated penetration, and pathogenicity. Furthermore, conserved glycosyltransferase domains are critical for MoGt2 function. The comparative transcriptome analysis revealed potential target genes under MoGt2 regulation in conidiation. Identification of potential glycoproteins modified by MoGt2 provided information on its regulatory mechanism of gene expression and biological functions. Overall, our study represents the first report of type 2 glycosyltransferase function in infection-related morphogenesis and pathogenesis.