期刊
MYCOSCIENCE
卷 51, 期 5, 页码 327-336出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-010-0043-x
关键词
Filamentous fungi; Laccase; Mco1; Melanin
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A metallo-oxidase gene from a phytopathogenic filamentous fungus, Cochliobolus heterostrophus was cloned. Structural prediction of ChMco1 indicated that this protein lacks a transmembrane helix and is soluble, whereas other known fungal metallo-oxidases including Saccharomyces cerevisiae FET3 are localized to the cell membrane. The results of searches in fungal genomic databases and phylogenetic analysis of fungal metallo-oxidases revealed that ChMco1 and its allies are distinct homologues of Fet3 and unique to filamentous ascomycetous species including C. heterostrophus. We performed a functional analysis of ChMCO1 by generating null mutants for the ChMco1 gene. The ChMco1 null (a dagger ChMco1) mutants clearly had reduced melanization, although they showed normal growth and conidiation. Results also show that a dagger ChMco1 mutants lost laccase activity. These results suggest that ChMCO1 is a novel class of metallo-oxidase that is necessary for laccase activity and melanization.
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