CDA — Fusarium culmorum CS7071

Summary

FCUL_08030.1 (CDA, CDA1) on chromosome 3 of Fusarium culmorum encodes a chitin deacetylase, an enzyme with chitin deacetylase activity that also binds chitin and zinc. This gene is associated with fungal-type cell wall biogenesis, cell wall assembly and organization, ascospore wall assembly, chitin and polysaccharide breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, immune evasion, and response to oxidative stress. The encoded protein localizes to the fungal-type cell wall, extracellular region, plasmalemma, vacuole, and side of membrane. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to sporogenesis, oxidative stress, and both unaffected pathogenicity and reduced virulence, though these associations are not yet established for this species.