AMT1 — Fusarium graminearum PH-1

Summary

FgAMT1 (FGRAMPH1_01G05051) on chromosome 1 of Fusarium graminearum PH-1 encodes a protein with ammonium channel activity and methylammonium transmembrane transporter activity. The gene is associated with ammonium and methylammonium membrane transport, ammonium import across the plasma membrane, nitrate metabolism, sexual reproduction, hyphal growth, nuclear export, and methylation. It localises to the plasma membrane, fungal-type vacuole, and Golgi complex. Phenotypic associations include increased virulence and sporulation, abnormal biofilm formation and filamentous growth, altered cell cycle progression, decreased nitrogen source utilisation, and abnormal plasma membrane morphology, autophagy, and respiratory metabolism.