CDA — Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4

Summary

ANIA_10309 (CDA) on chromosome 7 of Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4 encodes a protein with chitin deacetylase activity, hydrolase activity acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, chitin binding, zinc binding, and metal binding. It is associated with immune evasion, chitin breakdown, fungal-type cell wall biogenesis, polysaccharide breakdown, cell wall organization, and carbohydrate metabolism. It localizes to the side of membrane, fungal-type cell wall, extracellular region, and plasma membrane. Related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence and turgor pressure.