State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Integrative Microbiology Research Centre/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
mSphere. 2019 Sep 4;4(5):e00309-19. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00309-19.
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.
稻瘟病是由稻瘟病菌引起的,是全球栽培水稻最严重的病害之一。糖基化是所有真核生物中分泌型和膜蛋白的一种重要的翻译后修饰,由糖基转移酶(GTs)催化。在这项研究中,我们在 中鉴定并表征了一种 2 型糖基转移酶,MoGt2,在 靶向基因缺失突变体(Δ 菌株)是非致病性的,并且在菌丝顶端的营养生长、分生孢子形成和附着胞形成方面受到损害。此外, 在应激耐受和 的疏水性蛋白功能中发挥重要作用。定点突变分析表明,保守的糖基转移酶结构域(DxD 和 QxxRW)对 MoGt2 的生物学功能至关重要。 缺失导致 分生孢子形成过程中糖蛋白发生改变。通过液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS),我们鉴定出几种候选蛋白可能是 MoGt2 的底物,包括几种热休克蛋白、两个卷曲螺旋结构域蛋白、氨肽酶 2 和核酶结构域蛋白 1。另一方面,我们发现一个与分生孢子形成相关的基因、参与各种代谢途径的基因以及参与细胞壁完整性和/或渗透响应的基因在 Δ 突变体中差异表达,这可能导致其分生孢子缺陷。总之,我们的结果表明 MoGt2 在 中的感染相关形态发生和致病性中很重要。 稻瘟病菌是稻瘟病的病原体,导致全球栽培水稻严重减产。在这项研究中,我们在 中鉴定了一种保守的 2 型糖基转移酶,命名为 MoGt2。 Δ 靶向基因缺失突变体在营养生长、分生孢子形成、应激反应、菌丝附着胞介导的穿透和致病性方面表现出多效性缺陷。此外,保守的糖基转移酶结构域对 MoGt2 功能至关重要。比较转录组分析揭示了 MoGt2 在 分生孢子形成过程中调节的潜在靶基因。鉴定出由 MoGt2 修饰的潜在糖蛋白提供了其调节基因表达和生物学功能的机制信息。总的来说,我们的研究首次报道了 2 型糖基转移酶在 感染相关形态发生和致病性中的功能。