CDA — Fusarium culmorum CS7071

Summary

FCUL_07841.1 (symbol CDA, also known as CDA1) on Fusarium culmorum chromosome 3 encodes a chitin deacetylase with chitin-binding and zinc-binding properties. The gene is associated with chitin and polysaccharide breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, fungal-type cell wall biogenesis and assembly, ascospore wall assembly, immune evasion, and response to oxidative stress. Its product localises to the fungal-type cell wall, extracellular region, plasmalemma, and side of membrane. Studies of related genes in other species link the CDA family to reduced virulence and sporogenesis, though these associations are not yet established in F. culmorum.