NIT1 — Fusarium culmorum CS7071

Summary

FCUL_01795.1 (symbol nit, also known as NIT1) on chromosome 1 of Fusarium culmorum encodes a protein with arylacetonitrilase, nitrilase and hydro-lyase activities, belonging to the nitrilase/cyanide hydratase family and the C-N hydrolase superfamily. The gene is associated with nitrogen homeostasis, nitrate assimilation, metabolite repair, translation initiation, mating, and swimming. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to nitrilase activity (EC 3.5.5.1 and 3.5.5.5), but these specific enzymatic roles are not yet established for this F. culmorum gene.