Journal
BMC GENOMICS
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07902-w
Keywords
Secretome; CAZyme; Secondary metabolism; Comparative genomics; Endophyte; Plant cell wall-degrading enzymes
Funding
- South African National Research Foundation (NRF)
- University of Pretoria
- Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)/National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology
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The genomes of Botryosphaeriaceae fungi are rich in carbohydrate-active enzymes, proteases, lipases, and secondary metabolic biosynthetic gene clusters compared to other Dothideomycete genomes. These genomes also have moderate to high GC contents and low levels of repetitive DNA. The abundance of secreted hydrolytic enzymes and secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters in the genomes of Botryosphaeria, Macrophomina, Lasiodiplodia, and Neofusicoccum suggest similarities to necrotrophic plant pathogens and endophytes of woody plants.
BackgroundThe Botryosphaeriaceae are important plant pathogens, but also have the ability to establish asymptomatic infections that persist for extended periods in a latent state. In this study, we used comparative genome analyses to shed light on the genetic basis of the interactions of these fungi with their plant hosts. For this purpose, we characterised secreted hydrolytic enzymes, secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters and general trends in genomic architecture using all available Botryosphaeriaceae genomes, and selected Dothideomycetes genomes.ResultsThe Botryosphaeriaceae genomes were rich in carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), proteases, lipases and secondary metabolic biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) compared to other Dothideomycete genomes. The genomes of Botryosphaeria, Macrophomina, Lasiodiplodia and Neofusicoccum, in particular, had gene expansions of the major constituents of the secretome, notably CAZymes involved in plant cell wall degradation. The Botryosphaeriaceae genomes were shown to have moderate to high GC contents and most had low levels of repetitive DNA. The genomes were not compartmentalized based on gene and repeat densities, but genes of secreted enzymes were slightly more abundant in gene-sparse regions.ConclusionThe abundance of secreted hydrolytic enzymes and secondary metabolite BGCs in the genomes of Botryosphaeria, Macrophomina, Lasiodiplodia, and Neofusicoccum were similar to those in necrotrophic plant pathogens and some endophytes of woody plants. The results provide a foundation for comparative genomic analyses and hypotheses to explore the mechanisms underlying Botryosphaeriaceae host-plant interactions.
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