wetA — Fusarium graminearum PH-1

Summary

FGRAMPH1_01G07441, the wetA gene on chromosome 1 of Fusarium graminearum PH-1, encodes a developmental regulatory protein. The gene is associated with asexual spore wall assembly, conidium germination, asexual and sexual reproduction, mycose biosynthesis, conidia formation, secondary metabolism, hyphal growth, spore formation, signal transduction, regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, autophagy, cell cycle, and DNA-dependent transcription. Related genes in other species are linked to reduced virulence and unaffected pathogenicity, as well as associations with fusarium head blight and fusarium wilt.