The putative monomeric G‐protein GBP1 is negatively associated with fumonisin B1 production in Fusarium verticillioides
- 24 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Plant Pathology
- Vol. 7 (5) , 381-389
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00347.x
Abstract
SUMMARY Fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) is a mycotoxin produced by Fusarium verticillioides that contaminates maize. FB(1) has been linked to a number of human and animal mycotoxicoses worldwide. Despite its significance, our understanding of the FB(1) biosynthesis regulatory mechanisms is limited. Here, we describe F. verticillioides GBP1, encoding a monomeric G-protein, and its role in FB(1) biosynthesis. GBP1 was discovered as an expressed sequence tag (EST) up-regulated in the F. verticillioides fcc1 mutant that showed reduced conidiation and no FB(1) biosynthesis when grown on maize kernels. Sequence analysis showed that GBP1 encodes a putative 368-amino-acid protein with similarity to DRG and Obg subclasses of G-proteins that are involved in development and stress responses. A GBP1 knockout mutant (Deltagbp1) exhibited normal growth, but increased FB(1) production (> 58%) compared with the wild-type when grown on corn kernels. Complementation of Deltagbp1 with the wild-type GBP1 gene restored FB(1) production levels to that of the wild-type. Our data indicate that GBP1 is negatively associated with FB(1) biosynthesis but not with conidiation in F. verticillioides. The deletion of GBP1 led to up-regulation of key FB(1) biosynthetic genes, FUM1 and FUM8, suggesting that the increased FB(1) production in Deltagbp1 is due to over-expression of FUM genes.Keywords
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