WETA — Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4

Summary

ANIA_01937 (WETA, wetA) on Aspergillus nidulans chromosome 7 encodes a protein (CBF85858). The gene is associated with asexual spore wall assembly, conidium germination, positive regulation of conidium formation, spore wall assembly, conidiophore development, asexual reproduction, pigment anabolism, mycose biosynthesis, asexual sporulation, osmotic response, the TCA cycle, secondary metabolism, cell wall organization, sporulation, hyphal growth, spore formation, and morphogenesis. It is also linked to sporogenesis. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to traits such as unaffected pathogenicity, reduced virulence, white muscardine, and fusarium head blight, though these are not established for this species.