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FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103384
Keywords
Citrus; Calcofluor white; Congo red; Iron; Reactive oxygen species; Toxin
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan [MOST105-2313-B-005-010-MY3, MOST106-2313-B-005-025-MY3, MOST 107-2923-B-005-003MY3]
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The siderophore-mediated iron uptake machinery is required by the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata to colonize host plants. The present study reports the functions of the GATA-type transcription regulator SreA by analyzing loss- and gain-of-function mutants. The expression of sreA is transiently upregulated by excess iron. The sreA deficiency mutant (Delta sreA) shows severe growth defect but produces ACT toxin and incites necrotic lesions on citrus leaves as efficiently as wild type. SreA suppresses the expression of genes encoding polypeptides required for siderophore biosynthesis and transport under iron-replete conditions. Under iron-replete conditions, SreA impacts the expression of the genes encoding the NADPH oxidase complex involved in H2O2 production. SreA negatively impacts H2O2 resistance as.sreA increases resistance to H2O2. However, sreA deficiency has no effects on the expression of genes encoding several key factors (Yap1, Hog1, and Skn7) involved in oxidative stress resistance..sreA increases resistance to calcofluor white and Congo red, which may suggest a role of SreA in the maintenance of cell wall integrity. Those are novel phenotypes associated with fungal sreA. Overall, our results indicate that SreA is required to protect fungal cells from cytotoxicity caused by excess iron. The results also highlight the regulatory functions of SreA and provide insights into the critical role of siderophore-mediated iron homeostasis in resistance to oxidative stress in A. alternata.
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