TRI5 — Fusarium culmorum CS7071

Summary

FCUL_05636.1 (TRI5) on chromosome 2 of Fusarium culmorum encodes trichodiene synthase (EC 4.2.3.6). The gene is associated with sesquiterpenoid, toxin and mycotoxin anabolism, pigmentation, ergosterol anabolism, proteolysis, methylation, translation and translation elongation, homologous recombination, virus-induced post-transcriptional gene silencing, digestion, and pH reduction. It has been connected to mycotoxin content and oxidative stress. The protein contains the TRI5_ascomyc, Trichodiene_synth and Isoprenoid_synthase_dom_sf domains. Studies of related genes in other species link it to reduced virulence.