Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012184
Keywords
Fusarium pseudograminearum; peroxisome; FpPEX11; pathogenicity
Funding
- Wheat Innovation Team of Shandong Province Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System [SDAIT-01-09]
- Natural science gene of Shandong Province [ZR2021QC141]
- Funds of Shandong Double Tops Program [SYL2017XTTD11]
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Fusarium crown rot (FCR) of wheat, caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum (Fp), is a soil-borne disease that poses a significant threat to wheat production. In this study, the functions of FpPEX11a and FpPEX11b were investigated and found to be crucial for fungal growth, asexual reproduction, pathogenicity, active oxygen accumulation, and fatty acid utilization in Fp.
Fusarium crown rot (FCR) of wheat, an important soil-borne disease, presents a worsening trend year by year, posing a significant threat to wheat production. Fusarium pseudograminearum cv. b was reported to be the dominant pathogen of FCR in China. Peroxisomes are single-membrane organelles in eukaryotes that are involved in many important biochemical metabolic processes, including fatty acid beta-oxidation. PEX11 is important proteins in peroxisome proliferation, while less is known in the fungus F. pseudograminearum. The functions of FpPEX11a, FpPEX11b, and FpPEX11c in F. pseudograminearum were studied using reverse genetics, and the results showed that FpPEX11a and FpPEX11b are involved in the regulation of vegetative growth and asexual reproduction. After deleting FpPEX11a and FpPEX11b, cell wall integrity was impaired, cellular metabolism processes including active oxygen metabolism and fatty acid beta-oxidation were significantly blocked, and the production ability of deoxynivalenol (DON) decreased. In addition, the deletion of genes of FpPEX11a and FpPEX11b revealed a strongly decreased expression level of peroxisome-proliferation-associated genes and DON-synthesis-related genes. However, deletion of FpPEX11c did not significantly affect these metabolic processes. Deletion of the three protein-coding genes resulted in reduced pathogenicity of F. pseudograminearum. In summary, FpPEX11a and FpPEX11b play crucial roles in the growth and development, asexual reproduction, pathogenicity, active oxygen accumulation, and fatty acid utilization in F. pseudograminearum.
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